Estimator - Senior /Experienced

North West - Liverpool

£50,000 - £60,000 (neg) + Package

Our client is a North West based construction business with over 50 years in the construction industry working in various sectors including Education, Healthcare, Commercial and New Build Residential.

Due to continued growth, the business are now looking for an experienced Estimator to join their growing team with a strong looking order book for the next 2 to 3 years.

As an Estimator you will calculate the build cost for customers, ensuring they deliver the right net cost, on time, and to the highest quality for cost accuracy. You will collaborate with the wider preconstruction team, subcontractors and supply chain partners to ensure that they provide an accurate cost in line with the customer's requirements, project scope and current legislation. You will ensure the service and standards you provide place customer value at the forefront of delivering a perfect product.

Key Responsibilities of the Estimator will include:

Create robust accurate cost plans through the various design gateways up to target price.
Guide the design team and inform the customer with respect to affordability.
Use technical experience to identify opportunities and risks along with solutions to add value.
Collaborate with the project team to identify and value alternative design solutions where required and present to the customer for review.
Support the design discipline by costing change control items as identified and track through the RIBA Stages.
Provide a complete and robust cost information pack during the substantiation process to the commercial build team at handover, to include completed comparisons, bills of quantities, tender book and quotations.
Lead the procurement schedule and build supply chain interaction and relationships.
Review the performance of supply chain partners with the operations team.
Collaborate with our operations team throughout the preconstruction process to ensure, logistics, programmes and onsite activities and buildability are accounted for in our cost.
Collaborate with the design lead to capture and include design fees in the tender summary book (consultants, statutory authorities, surveys, schedules, and the like).
Assist in the change control process, identifying design changes between RIBA stages, advising on the impact of the change and approximate cost.
Carry out cost assessments on alternative design solutions to inform the final design and project/customer budget.
Make customer insight led and data-driven decisions to provide solutions to customer requirements.

Ideal skills :

Good numeracy skills and written and spoken English.
5 GCSEs (A-C Grade) or equivalent, including maths.
A BTEC in Building Studies, Building Engineering or Building Management or a HNC/HND/Degree in Quantity Surveying/Construction Management/Civil Engineering (or equivalent work experience)
Minimum relevant level 4 qualification (HNC/NVQ4 etc).

Benefits:

Competitive package to be discussed at interview
Pension scheme
Car allowance