Design Estimator - Leicester, United Kingdom - Complete Detection Systems Limited

Complete Detection Systems Limited

Verified Company

Leicester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the role

As a
Design Estimator with CDS you will be using your design & estimating skills supporting our clients with their project requirements.

Working with M&E contractors and end users, you will be able to realise your creative potential and work on providing your customers with compliant and cost-effective solutions to win the works.

This is a flexible office based/hybrid working based role.

You'll report to our Regional Operations Director and work with a close-knit Team of fellow designers, sales and project managers.

This is a newly created role in a forward thinking, ambitious business so the opportunities to progress and develop are vast.

What you'll be doing
As a/an
Fire and security Design/ Estimator, you will have the following accountabilities:

Undertake the role of design /Estimator on projects taking responsibility and leading the estimating function on assigned tenders
Assisting the sales team to lead the bid process to ensure that tender deliverables are produced in a timely and effective manner
Oversee and/or interrogate design options and value solutions, and if appropriate, identify the attractiveness of a project based on sound estimating principles.
Review customers drawings and specifications to prepare accurate costing sheets for materials, labour and equipment
Review tender documents and submission requirements, ensuring all financial information is identified and provided and accurate compliant design proposals are included
Establish and agree key plant costs where required
Manage and coordinate the preparation of preliminary and general expense pricing, including plant and QHSE requirements
Provide audit trails of cost allowances as part of the commercial handover meeting to the projects team
Responsibility for sign off all cost elements prior to any client meetings or financial submissions
Ensure that key specialists are utilised on each bid to optimise design, specification, programme and value
Manage the production of cost information and tender submissions for senior management
Provide considered responses to customer questions including post tender queries
Ensure that cost planning and estimating are accurate and reflect the project requirements and risk profile

Who we're looking for

You will have the following

Experience in the field of Fire life safety design and estimating role.
Experience in designing and estimating security projects would be beneficial
Strong industry product knowledge
Strong communication skills at all levels, both written and verbal
Ability to work to tight deadlines
Thorough understanding of the estimating requirements / variables.

Why work for us

Every day our teams deliver fantastic projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining full compliance with all relevant standards in the fire life safety sector.

About Us
For more than 30 years, CDS have embraced sustainable, transparent and environmentally responsible practices.

So, we are looking for colleagues to work with us to strengthen our own commitment to responsible sourcing, as well as safety and security.

At CDS we
- re driven by our values and believe in being collaborative, trusted, enterprising and disciplined.

Here at CDS, we are one of the UK's most trusted experts, we work with world-class manufacturers to design, install, maintain and commission fire life safety solutions that are right for our clients' bespoke needs and environment.

Join our
CDS team as a
Design/Estimator and you'll be part of our legacy.

Employment Package