Senior Estimator

Cambridge

Consortio Recruitment Group have partnered with a leading main contractor. This is an exciting opportunity andyou get to work on some diverse commercial projects.

We are seeking to recruit an Experienced Estimator to join their established team of professionals, based in their Cambridge office. The successful candidate will be joining one of the largest family run construction business’ dealing with a diverse range of interesting and challenging projects across multiple sectors.

For this role you will need to be ambitious, self motivated and able to work both independently and within our team of like minded individuals. You will have excellent communication skills, both verbally and written, and you will need to hold a clean driving license. You need to be a conscientious, organised and a pro-active team player, highly motivated and committed to achieving company targets and always focused on the task in hand. You should be able to use your initiative and prioritise effectively to meet tight deadlines, working independently or as part of a team.

This is an office based role, working alongside and with the existing Estimating Team based in Cambridge. There will be the flexibility to work in different company offices, depending on your location.

Experience from leading Commercial, MOD, Education and Healthcare projects would be ideal but not essential. Also experience within various procurement routes such as D&B, Traditional and 2 Stage, valuing from £2million to circa £30million would be useful but not essential. Further guidance and training will be given by our senior team. Our current working sectors include healthcare, education, defence, R&D, life sciences, commercial and industrial and some residential (apartments and student residential).

The Estimator Role:-

Producing cost plans from RIBA stage 0 (elementally on historic data) to stage 3 (fully measured and rated). Ideally the ability to price from first principals.
Taking-off from drawings using Autodesk Design Review to produce detailed cost plans and quantity checks on the produced BQs
Leading the tender enquiry process
Allocation of elemental BQ items into works packages
Subcontractor comparisons & identifying scope gaps
Working with the supply chain to provide value engineering options
Pricing of site preliminaries
Providing information on key risks and opportunities at tender settlement
Using BCIS data to elementally benchmark, TPIs for inflation forecasting & rebasing with location factorisation
Pricing competitive tenders under the direction of the estimating director
Reviewing contract and other commercial data
Attending client meetings
Presenting tender information to project teams
Reviewing tender documents prior to pricing and completing ‘Enquiry Checklist’ to determine pricing level
Taking off groundwork’s packages
Completing ‘Risk and Opportunity’ Registers
Liaising with buying department to obtain material quotations
Pricing groundworks on Labour, Plant and Materials basis for Pre-Construction Managers review
Tender adjudication with Commercial Director
Pricing variations and additions
Creating material lists and obtaining and comparing quotations
Conducting site visits

Other aspects the job offers:

25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays.
Company car
Free parking
Based at our Cambridge Office with easy access to A14, M11, A428.
Contributory Pension Scheme
Hours of work – 8.15am – 5pm Monday to Friday.
Salary dependent on experience and subject to negotiation.
Free access to our reward platform Flex (features discounts and cashback offers from a variety of companies and retailers).