Senior Estimator - Carlisle, United Kingdom - Hunter Mason

Hunter Mason

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Carlisle, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Senior Estimator - Civils & Construction

Salary/Rate:

£50,000 - £60,000 + Company Car + Fuel Card

Location:

Carlisle
Company

Hunter Mason Consulting Ltd

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 prequalification, 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 Cubby 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 wellorganised work schedules;
Proactively 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 noblame culture to ensure review and continuous improvement;
Understand, demonstrate and buy in to the Cubby 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 winwin outcome;
Maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues, suppliers, subcontractors and Clients;
Be computer literate, ideally have extensive experience of Causeway or similar estimating packages;

Why you should work here
- £50,000 - £60,000 Annual Salary (DOE)