Senior Estimator - West Midlands, United Kingdom - Setsquare Recruitment

Setsquare Recruitment

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West Midlands, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Title:
Senior Estimator

Sector:
Building and Construction

Location:
West Midlands

Salary:
£75k (DOE)

Job Summary
To deliver de-risked, winning bids well considered competitive and accurate nett prices, on time and to the highest quality.

This role is focused on preparing and winning the larger and more complex tenders for the business, managing robust and long-term relationships with clients and internal teams in line with the general strategy.

To work across different workstreams and ensure all decisions are made based on accurate future cost forecasts.

Duties & Responsibilities

Lead the resources on a tenders, with a high degree of commercial acumen and skill
To be accountable for and ensure estimates produced are robust
To lead and prepare the complete commercial and pricing element of a tender or cost plan and coordinate external resources
Undertake the production of tender submission documents, take the lead commercially, attend pretender and post tender interviews with both internal management and clients and attend internal adjudication and tender progress meetings
Manage the estimate process and resources with a high degree of commercial acumen and skill
Report on progress of the tender via weekly estimating meetings
To identify opportunities to add value throughout the project process, as well as identifying and escalating risks
To prepare a detailed control document to handover to delivery team
To work to the Company's Quality, Environmental and Safety Management System standards and performance criteria including delivering the objectives set
To cooperate on matters of health and safety and follow the training provided. To take reasonable care of personal and other people's health and safety at all times
Any other duties consistent with the role of Senior Estimator as may be required from time to time.

Qualifications/Experience

A degree (or equivalent) in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering or extensive experience
Minimum of 5 years relevant industry experience
Awareness of and adherence to company policies and health and safety requirements
Experience gained in complex and geographically dispersed construction or built environment businesses
Excellent IT skills proficient in Microsoft suite of programmes (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Setsquare is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

Setsquare is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.