Estimator - PMO - Durham, United Kingdom - Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water

Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water
Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water
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Durham, United Kingdom

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up to £45,000 + excellent benefits

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Durham/Homeworking

About the role

Estimator

Full Time

Permanent

Salary - up to £45,000 + excellent benefits

Location - Pity Me, Durham

About the role
Do have a background in engineering, quantity surveying, or estimating? Are you looking for a new opportunity?


We've an amazing new opportunity to become our new Estimator, reporting into the Cost and Estimating Lead within our Asset Programme Management Office (PMO).

You'll join a team of four Estimators contributing to our National Leader ambitions. You'll be a skilled Estimator with direct experience of working in a fast-paced Programme Office (PMO) environment.


The role is essential to the effective performance of the estimating function to ensure appropriate, quality information and data is available; enabling strategic portfolio planning and accurate cost forecasting.


In addition, you will be responsible for ensuring that accurate estimates and cost plans are produced, analysis is undertaken to understand cost variances and data is communicated clearly to stakeholders.


We're looking for you to prepare accurate estimates in line with estimating systems (iMOD / iMOD Express) and NWG processes and procedures, along with providing support by assisting in the scoping and cost comparison of solutions on pre-feasibility estimate requests.

You'll also be providing accurate cost estimates for projects and contracts at all key stages of the project life
- cycle, incorporating whole-life costing and carbon.


You'll be analysing variances between estimate versions and comparison with actual costs, providing periodic advice and guidance to key stakeholders and suppliers e.g.

On Cost Analysis.

We're looking for you to take ownership for estimates in a specific asset base and conduct peer review and validation of estimates prepared by other system users, NWL employees or supply chain in accordance with iMod governance requirements.

You'll build strong working relationships with customer stakeholders and data service providers.


About you


We're looking for you to have a proven QS, Estimating or Engineering background, along with experience within a building/ engineering construction environment.

You'll also have proven experience of utilising estimating software to support detailed and high-level cost estimates in a Capital Programme Environment.


You'll have some great skills too, including extensive knowledge of estimating processes, procedures & tools in a construction environment and of engineering construction methods, along with a detailed working knowledge of quantity surveying / cost estimation codes & practices.

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About Asset Management & PMO_**The Assets Directorate understand the health of our assets, invest wisely and maintain them to continue to provide safe, reliable and resilient services to our customers today and in the future.


We have launched an ambitious transformation programme to drive a real step change in how we deliver our capital projects.

This requires the development of a high-performing PMO to provide a central controls function delivering impactful performance reporting, estimating, schedule and risk management, and governance.

The overarching objective of the transformation programme is to transition from a hybrid PMO consisting of NWL staff and contractor support, to an entirely inhouse model.


About us


NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.


We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.


Our values
Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.


Our values are:

Results Driven

  • We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical

  • We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused

  • We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Innovative

  • We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team

  • We work together consistently, promoting cooperation, to achieve our corporate objectives.

Colleague benefits
We're the great company we are because of you - our people.

As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.


Eyecare

Discounted Medicals
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