Senior Estimator position to join a growing main contractor operating across London and the home counties with head offices based in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.

Position Details

A Senior Estimator with general contracting experience is required to join and lead the estimating and pre-construction team based in Hertfordshire.
The Estimating job function is to be performed in relation toa range of projects, both frameworks, and one-off projects:

Commercial
New Build & Refurbishment
Residential
High Street Regeneration
Education
Community Centres and Spaces
Conservation and Heritage
Externals and Redecoration

Attributes, Responsibilities and Skills

Attributes:

Have exacting standards of written and verbal communication skills with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, and staff.
Undertake high quality work with attention to detail.
The ability to self-manage time and workloads and multitask various projects sequentially, with a result orientated ethos.
Good analytical skills.
Self-driven and motivated, ability to work alone or part of a team.
A desire to grow and develop personally and within the company.

Responsibilities:

Meet tender return deadlines.
Conduct thorough cost analysis, ensuring accuracy and complete tenders.
Secure profitable projects for the businesss short and long-term workload requirements.
Allocation of estimating team labour to each tender opportunity and management throughout the submission process.
Ensure that all tender submissions are comprehensively reviewed and qualified correctly prior to submission.
Identify and assess potential risks and opportunities in tenders and propose effective mitigation strategies wherever possible.
Provide tender status reports to the Director(s) on bids and projects.
Provide objective assessment of the tenders that are available to tender and provide reasoning.
Supporting and guiding/training less experienced members of the estimating team.
Lead weekly team meetings and prepare tender reports.
Regular review of the company's estimating documentation and rates, ensuring these are up to date.
Collation of various estimating data to assist future evolution of tender processes, identifying areas of weakness and strength.
Periodically check rates within the estimating software and set new rates as required.
Undertaking site visits as required.

Skills and Experience

Ability to build up estimates from first principles based on the unique scope of the project and tender information.
Able to take off quantities.
Read drawings and understand rates for key elements.
Understand buildability and implications for estimating and pricing projects.
Able to evaluate project programme requirements and to recommend and develop methods of construction and suitable techniques to enable cost efficient bidding.
Demonstrate good technical knowledge of various construction methods and their impact on the estimating, pricing, costing and construction buildability and sequencing process.
Able to use previous project experience to work up estimates based on knowledge rather than simply schedule of rates method.
Able to demonstrate a detailed knowledge of general contracting.
Good understanding of sub-contract packages
Ideally experienced in the use of estimating software at an analytical level rather than just able to perform data entry and extraction.
Good working knowledge of construction methodology and outputs.
Good understanding of all forms of construction contracts, JCT, NEC, D&B, etc.
Previous experience of general contracting including, new build, fit out, internal and external refurbishment, cut and carve, and all methods of construction.

This is an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Estimator to be able to use their own initiative to add value and innovation to the estimating, tendering, programming and sequencing process of construction projects.

Qualifications/IT Skills Requirements

Preferably a degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying or similar.
Proficient in all Microsoft packages, excel, word, outlook etc.
Ideally can use MS Project for tender programming.
Ideally has experience of a estimating software package.
Ideally has experience of take-off software.

Employing Company Overview and Profile

A well regarded general contracting business with a plan for significant growth over the next 5 years.Seeking a Senior Estimator who wants to be at the forefront of that expansion and share in that success.

Package and Incentives

Up to £80,000
25 days holidays + Bank Holidays
Generous Performance Related Bonus
Staff Parking
Pension
Fuel Card
Office Free Parking

Work Location

Head Office