Civils Estimator

Are you an experienced Estimator? Do you want to work for a highly reputable and well established contractor with a strong orderbook of work? Then we want to speak with you, we are working with a well established Civil and Rail contractor to assist them in strengthening their commercial team with the appointment of a new Senior Estimator.

The Role

As a Senior Estimator you will lead on estimating processes to produce high quality, commercially viable work winning tenders on multi-million-pound projects across multiple disciplines. You will be a key member of the team and develop junior staff, department strategies, processes, and best practices.

Key Responsibilities 

• Being a key representative of the estimating team both within the business and client facing.
• Preparation of detailed first principles estimates.
• Benchmarking exercises to inform commercial positions of tenders.
• Working with operational, engineering, and commercial staff to produce viable estimates.
• General bid management on day-to-day tenders.
• Subcontractor engagement at tender stage, producing enquiries and assessing returns from supply chain.
• Risk and opportunity evaluation on tenders.
• Presenting tender positions to senior management for governance sign off.
• Developing team members.
• Working with clients to understand their goals and ensure a collaborative relationship.

The successful applicant for this role will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in relevant background ideally rail & civils.
• Typically, HNC/Degree qualified.
• Some management experience/line management skills.
• Good knowledge of using proprietary estimating software (Causeway preferably) however training will be provided if required.
• A knowledge of standard forms of Contract ability to price in accordance plus communicate the key pricing and commercial issues to governance.
• Strong numeracy skills and a mind for commercial/financial responsibility.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Good communication skills both written and verbal.
• Willingness to participate in site visits & meetings that may be in unsocial hours 
• Willingness to learn, including initiating own learning and development.
• Basic understanding of Health, Safety and Environmental Guidelines.

In addition to a competitive salary, pension, and company car/allowance, our client will also offer an agile working policy allows for a mixture of office and home working

For information or to apply, please contact Jamie Nicholson, using the details provided, or click the "apply now" link.