Senior Estimator - Sheffield
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| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
| Area | Yorkshire and Humberside, England |
| Sector | ConstructionConstruction - Estimator |
| Salary | car allowance/benefits package |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | remoteapi |
| Job Ref | 895092_1657547206 |
| Job Views | 48 |
- Description
Senior Estimator
Sheffield
As Senior Estimator you will be responsible for leading bids and producing estimates for all aspects of construction works, on a wide range of projects across the business. This role is a key member of the bid team responsible for establishing net cost, margin strategy, project risk allowance and for pulling together the commercial submission for bids.
Responsibilities
General:
- Leading and managing bids (as required).
- Ensuring compliance with company Bid Management processes.
- Managing Estimators, Assistant Estimators and Trainee Estimators as required.
- Coach, mentor and assist with training junior staff to support development
- Deliver core services on project bids.
- Input to monthly reporting.
- Meeting all deadlines for bid return dates and as may be otherwise set by management.
- Other duties as may be required by senior management.
Projects:
- Attending and inputting to bid launch meetings.
- Reviewing bid documents and developing a bid strategy to give a competitive edge.
- Producing market competitive, nett cost estimates for bids in line with the company management system.
- Carrying out accurate quantity take-offs for the purposes of estimating - where required.
- Checking externally produced bills of quantities for accuracy.
- Pricing groundworks, drainage, sub-structure, masonry, joinerwork and partitions from first principles.
- Preparing and issuing sub-contract and material enquiries.
- Liaise with the procurement department to obtain material quotations.
- Inputting into gateway documents and gateway review meetings.
- Establishing value engineering opportunities.
- Establishing risks and inputting to project risk register.
- Preparing and checking tender letters, technical notes and qualifications for issue.
- Capturing data and preparing benchmarking reports to support bids.
- Ensuring all key estimating data is effectively transferred to the delivery team at handover stage.
Qualifications/Relevant Experience Required:
Minimum of 15 years' estimating experience is essential with experience of various sectors e.g. education, health, student residential, commercial office and a range of project values from £1m - £30m.
What's in it for you?
In return, you will be offered a wide range of rewards and benefits, including 33 days annual leave, a great pension and valuable life assurance. What's more, you'll also be able to make the most of a range of brilliant extras. These include a Cycle to Work Scheme, discounts at restaurants and cinemas with a Taste Card, annual flu vaccine, and Health & Wellbeing and Life Management Support for you and your family.
They also have a brilliant smarter working policy, too. That means many of their office-based people and some of their site-based people are able to either work from home or as part of their hybrid model.
If you would like to explore this further, then please apply or call me direct for a confidential discussion.
