Senior MEP Estimator - Belfast, Northern Ireland

Job summary

The opportunity has arisen to join an industry leader in UK's & Ireland's Building Services sector. Alternative Heat designs, develops and delivers a wide range of off-site prefabricated, innovative, and sustainable building service solutions throughout the UK & Europe.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of tender/enquiry review pack to help inform bid/no bid decisions.
• Ability to read & review schematics & designs prior to completing any take off.
• Complete mechanical take offs from schematics & 3-D designs and collate into material & labour costs.
• Input take offs into mechanical estimating software package & review.
• Liaise with commercial team to analyse labour requirements for each project and pull together associated costs for review.
• Obtain & review specialist supplier & sub-contractor's quotes.
• To attend site meetings alongside design engineers & contracts managers as required both pre & post contract award.
• Prepare handover pack & attend internal post award meetings for successful projects to discuss and review breakdown of estimate with delivery team.

Qualifications

• Third level qualification in a Mechanical, Quantity Surveying or Cost Engineering discipline or can demonstrate an equivalent level of experience.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a mechanical estimating role, on Mechanical projects from high-level budget enquiries; detailed design pricing; to full tender pricing.
• Knowledge of commercial conditions and the need for attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of labour, plant, materials and equipment rates.
• Experience in reading & understanding schematics and completing detailed take-offs.
• Experience in Microsoft Office applications – to include Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Ability to take ownership of their duties and a willingness to grow and learn within their team and the company.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment.

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