Senior Estimator - Civils

Senior Estimator

Salary/Rate:

£50,000 - £65,000 + Company Car + Fuel Card

Location:

Carlisle

Company

Hunter Mason Consulting Ltd

Hunter Mason's client has been trading for over 30 years and is looking for an experienced estimator who has a background within the Civils or Construction industry. The successful candidate should have 5 + years’ experience within the estimating field and will be responsible for monitoring trainee estimators as well as attending pre-construction site tender visits to secure future work. The successful candidate should be comfortable working within a team as you will be working closely with the BID management and the Planner teams.

Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of the tender from receipt, through to submission and post tender queries;
• Analyse the tender documents to understand the key project requirements and clients aspirations and attend pre-qualification, mid tender and post tender interviews
• Review all tender documents to fully understand the key project risks and opportunities
• Seek specialist support from the wider team in relation to the projects insurance requirements, commercial terms, complex temporary works or other specialist technical aspects;
• Undertake take offs and prepare material enquiries from tender drawings/ works information and specifications;
• Identify requirement for Bills of Quantities to be prepared and arrange for them to be undertaken;
• Prepare Sub-Contractor enquiries from tender drawings, works information and specifications making sure that appropriate levels of risk transfer are included in subcontractor enquiries;
• Highlight requirement for external design to be undertaken by Structural Engineer or Architect;
• Ensure 'Causeway’ estimating package is updated with current rates for plant hire rates and buying information;
• Carry out site visits to determine nature of works;
• Estimate labour, plant, material, and time requirements in order to be able to compute the overall tender cost of the project;
• Keep detailed records and maintaining well-organised work schedules;
• Pro-actively source alternative buying options, creating a robust buying guide to enable accurate quotations

Essential attributes:

• Have significant technical expertise and knowledge of Construction Estimating;
• Commercially aware and capable to carry out financial analysis;
• Excellent communication, people skills and ability to communicate at all levels both verbally and in writing;
• Be flexible and resilient to meet the needs to the business;
• Able to work on multiple tenders at the same time by prioritising workload;
• Ensure that communication between all parties is open and honest;
• Demonstrate and encourage a no-blame culture to ensure review and continuous improvement;
• Understand, demonstrate and buy in to the company values of Quality, Sustainable, Responsive and Pride;
• Demonstrate the highest standards of professionalism and customer service when representing the business;
• Be a strong negotiator and understand the importance of achieving a win-win outcome;
• Maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues, suppliers, sub-contractors and Clients;
• Be computer literate, ideally have extensive experience of Causeway or similar estimating packages;

Why you should work here

• £50,000 - £65,000 Annual Salary (DOE)
• Company Vehicle
• Fuel Card
• BUPA Health Cover
• 24 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays