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    Estimator - Structural & Architectural Steel - Bedford, United Kingdom - Hunter Mason Consulting

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    Job Description

    Job Title : ESTIMATOR

    Reporting to: Business Development Manager

    Location: Bedford

    Salary: £45,000 - £55,000

    Summary of Responsibilities:

    Ensuring tender bids are processed, completed & returned in a complete & accurate manner, within the
    timeframe requested by the client.

    Key Responsibilities: (not intended to be exclusive or exhaustive)

    Ideal candidate
    The ideal candidate will have previous experience in estimating, ideally from an architectural or structural
    steel background (minimum 5 years), along with the following;

    • Experience in preparing tenders and take-offs from construction drawings.

    • Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships.

    • Excellent IT and computer skills, predominantly Microsoft Office suite.

    • Professional telephone skills.

    • A smart appearance.

    • Ability to work well under pressure.

    • Ability to work well as part of a small team and also under your initiative when required.

    • Well organised with excellent time management.

    • Ability to work on a variety of projects simultaneously.

    • A valid UK Driving license.

    Responsibility & Duties

    • Review drawings & Tender information

    • Establish if the project is appropriate for the business.

    • Record and log tender information.

    • Collate information from enquiries received and prepare tender bids.

    • Check through tender documents to ensure proposed contract terms are acceptable to the business

    • Preparing accurate take-offs of all applicable work from drawings. (Manually or using take off software).

    • Liaise with internal departments to understand and interpret tender requirements.

    • Obtaining material prices from suppliers based on contract specifications.

    • Produce cost sheets for all items of work.

    • Produce cost breakdowns/ summary.

    • Produce a job cost budget for the project.

    • Produce a written quotation.

    • Attending client meetings.

    • Developing relationships with key clients.

    • Attend post tender meetings with clients.

    • Negotiate final tender sum with clients.

    • Check through PSI (Project specific instruction) & Contract documents to ensure contract information &
    terms reflect the tender documents & remain acceptable to the business.

    • Allocate contract number and update sales ledgers.

    • Review position statement.

    • Preparing handover documents for the projects team.

    • Keeping all records and database up to date.

    • Arrange and chair project handover meeting.

    • Attend client pre start meeting.

    Personal Performance

    • Must represent the best interests of the company at all times in a professional and positive manner.

    • Achieve all operational and client service targets

    • A good team player that will make a positive contribution to the commercial team and maintain an
    effective/positive relationship with wider BoA team.

    • Demonstrate clear initiative, creativity, and the ability to develop solutions to satisfy customer
    requirements.

    • Must function effectively as a team player with all company personnel maintaining clear and factual
    communication at all times.

    • Must be flexible in relation to working hours to ensure client deadlines are achieved - providing that
    management requests are reasonable



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