- United Living Property Services revitalises homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods.
- United Living Infrastructure Services delivers resilient infrastructure that is fit for the future, ensuring the stability and functionality of essential systems.
- United Living New Homes provides much-needed build-to-rent and affordable housing solutions, addressing the housing challenges facing our communities.
- United Living Connected connects people through fixed-line and mobile infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication and access to information. United Living Connected plays a crucial role in enabling communities to thrive in today's digital age.
- Ensure that United Living HSE&Q standards, operating processes, company policies and all legislative requirements are understood, implemented and adhered to at all times.
- Ensure that the United Way of working is complied with and adopted into your daily disciplines.
- Undertake and manage the coordination and final preparation of tender documentation to ensure best bid solution for the Company and ensure an adequate return on the resources employed.
- Liaise closely with the Commercial and Business Development Teams and maintain a clear view of the Company's strategy and objectives including bidding and pricing tactics.
- Assess contract conditions, provide advice on and quantity the risk to all relevant parties and offer solutions where required.
- Develop awareness of clients' processes and procedures for bid evaluation.
- Effectively plan tenders to ensure timely and accurate preparation of tender documentation and pricing information resulting in a quality submission.
- Ensure tenders are effectively produced - enquiries are sent to supply chain in a timely manner, supply chain quotations are compared accurately and ensure compliance; prelim costs are prepared accurately; risks are identified and escalated; constraints are identified, communicated and managed etc.
- Understand local government needs and aspirations including Best Value and the Audit Commission/executive Service Inspection.
- Contribute to effective team collaboration within the wider business, communicating regularly with operations and commercial teams.
- Prepare tenders from architect's drawings, specifications, bill of quantities, pre-priced schedule of rates supplied by the client, including detailing materials necessary for the contract to achieve specification.
- Identify project risks, develop and produce a risk register to assist in the decision making and cost management process to facilitate calculation of contingency amount.
- Understand business development and the bidding market place including competitor environment and market forces (regional variation).
- Compile and present statistical data for pricing/bid analysis, interpretation and explanation of data.
- Understand labour productivity measured as output per worker and output per labour hour including productivity increasing/improvement techniques.
- Attend meetings such as handover meetings, design meetings, bid meetings etc. and assist in preparation of contract mobilisation plans and provide insight into the details of the tender.
- Ensures tender programmes and specific methods of construction are developed with the technical and operations teams.
- Supporting the reactive assessment and selection of products and offerings made by the suppliers for incorporation into commercial bid models.
- Manage tender process to seek and establish project prices from sub-contractors including terms for works to be carried out under the contract.
- Evaluate, engage and negotiate on price documents, assess for accuracy and confirm best value on price and service quality.
- Quantity Surveying degree or equivalent.
- Minimum 3 years Quantity Surveyor or Estimator experience is desirable.
- Track record of winning profitable work.
- Good understanding of business development and the bidding market place.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office particularly Excel and keen to extend knowledge on software packages.
- Good data interrogation skills
- Organisation and project management skills, able to prioritise.
- Working knowledge of marketing and economic factors.
- Flexible approach to working to meet tender deadlines.
- Energetic, logical, and methodical.
- Ability to work on own initiative and well as part of a team.
- Sound knowledge of building construction/maintenance techniques and materials.
- Good legal/contractual knowledge
- Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills
- Valid driving licence
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunities for career progression aligned with the company's growth
- Immediate interview for qualified candidates
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Estimator - Kent, United Kingdom - United Living Group
Description
Company Description
United Living Group is comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future:
Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.
Job Description
Here at United Living our refurbishment team is growing and we are on the lookout for a Estimator to come and join us. We are looking for candidates that have experience of working within a main contractor on Social Housing refurbishment projects, partnerships and frameworks.
Our ideal candidate will already be managing individual tenders up to the value of £10m.
Purpose
To produce competitive tender pricing for refurbishment projects in varying market sectors and to support the delivery of the overall business strategy.
Specific Responsibilities
Qualifications
Criteria
Additional Information
If you are seeking a dynamic and diverse work environment, we're offering:
How to Apply:
If you are ready to be part of our expanding team and contribute to our success, apply today for immediate consideration. Join us on this exciting journey of growth and innovation
As a business United Living prefer to hire directly and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if we require support. We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable.
