As we continue our journey of growth and expansion to serve the new era of nuclear energy, Boccard, as a leading specialist in engineering, manufacturing, construction and maintenance in the nuclear energy industry, are looking for an experienced Estimatorto join us here at Boccard. The role can either be based at our manufacturing facility at Broughton, N Wales or at our office in Bristol city centre. This is a crucial role in our organisation and will be responsible for the

review of all enquiries and provide competitive proposals for all large projects for structural, piping and fabrication.

The roleholder will be the key point of contact to interface with departments within the business in relation to Estimating including within the Project Management Office, Finance, Engineering, IT and Commercial. Responsibilities will include:

Responsibility for analytical cost estimates and tenders, from receipt of enquiry to tender submission on a variety of build projects.
Research the cost of items such as materials, transport, labour and equipment to ensure the best price and quality is identified.
Collaborate with relevant team members to ensure that prices obtained from external suppliers or sub-contractors are an accurate and competitive reflection of the works required.
Co-ordinate all costs and compiling the quotation document and package of information to be submitted to the customer.
Responsible for writing tender documents and preparing tender packs.
Preparing post-bid submissions, organise the responses to requests for clarification.
Managing the development of customer presentations (pre and post proposal).
Liaise with BUK management team, particularly with the Project Director and Managing Director and Global core business functional leads as appropriate to ensure that, prior to submission, quotations reflect agreements made with our customers.
Analyse drawings, specifications and other documentation to prepare comprehensive build cost estimates.

Participate in the design development to assess buildability, materials, innovation and cost effectiveness of proposals and provide high level pricing information early in the tender for optioneering and budgeting to ensure the most cost-effective solution offered.
Commercial awareness of contractual terms relating to cost terms in particular for NEC suite of contracts.
Knowledgeable about lump sum, cost reimbursable, cost-plus, unit price and target cost estimating.
Liaising with legal department to ensure contractual terms and conditions are prepared and collated as part of any tender submission.
Monitoring the costs at the different stages of a project to ensure it stays within the estimated costs
Managing commercial risk on tenders to ensure risks are identified early and either eliminated or managed appropriately by the relevant department during the preparation and clarification phases of the tender process.

Applicants willneed to demonstrate previous similar experience in a similar role leading Cost Estimating related services on large scale and complex projects, programmes and portfolios in an engineering or technical environment ideally in the nuclear industry.

Qualification in civil/structural engineering or mechanical engineering or business management with relevant experience. Commercial and contract expertise, with string IT skills, with the ability to communicate and influence key stakeholders.