Senior Estimator

First Military Recruitment Ltd

JR264: Senior Estimator

Location: London, Paddington

Salary: £80,000 – £85,000 Per Annum + £6,325 Car Allowance

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Senior Estimator on behalf of one of our clients.

To provide the preparation of detailed and accurate pricing for tenders.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Agree methodologies and outputs for key activities with Planner and, where appropriate the Bid Manager and Design Manager.
• Provide advice to Bid Manager/ Design manager on most competitive design options.
• Produce competitive price using methodologies and outputs etc. to suit conditions/ situations relevant to the scheme.
• Advise Bid Manager on sufficiency of Client bill of quantity/ activity schedule and arrange for full quantity take off or checking as required.
• Preparing the price estimate for tenders or budget pricing comprising the following aspects:
• Labour – Develop local rates/ build up rates for self-delivered items.
• Ensure Working Rule Agreement (and any other specific requirements such as London Living Wage) included in labour rates.
• Prepare scheme specific labour rate calculation where required.
• Liaise with Planner to reconcile plant resource levels.
• Materials – Comparison sheet for materials considering unit rate (conversation factors), wastage, waiting times and part loads etc.
• Liaise with procurement to determine appropriate selection of suppliers to send enquiries to.
• Liaise with procurement to determine the sufficiency and compliance of supplier quotations.
• Liaise with procurement and agree on the selection of supplier quotations to be used in the estimate.
• Subcontracts – Liaise with procurement & bid team to determine appropriate selection of subcontractors to send enquiries to.
• Liaise with procurement to determine the sufficiency and compliance of subcontractor quotations.
• Preparation of comparison sheet for subcontractors detailing additions/ deletions from quoted rates.
• Liaise with procurement and bid manager and agree on the selection of the subcontractor to be used in the estimate.
• Temporary Works – Liaise with Planner/ Technical Services and Temporary Works Coordinator to agree extent and nature of temporary works.
• Agree costs of temporary works with temporary works coordinator.
• Preliminaries – Liaise with Planner to determine overall duration of preliminaries.
• Coordinate and liaise with Bid Manager to ensure all aspects of Clients requirements included as necessary (CCS/ CEEQUAL etc).
• Risk – Input with Bid Manager and tender risk manager into tender risk/ opportunity register.
• Final settlement and submission – Produce top sheet tender summary in current format and associated back up sheets.
• Present pricing build up at pre-settlement and settlement meetings.
• Prepare adjustments sheet in coordination with Bid Manager to reflect settlement adjustments.
• Prepare final pricing documentation for inclusion with tender submission where possible ensuring pricing maintains a positive cash flow throughout the project.
• Coordinate with Bid Manager for the production of the Form of tender/ Contract Data Part 2 as required.
• Liaise with Bid Manager and address any post tender clarifications/amendments issued by the Client.
• Handover (for successful bids) – Prepare handover pricing document for issue to Project Manager and Commercial Manager.
• Attend Handover meeting with Bid Manager.
• Review (for unsuccessful bids) – Coordinate with Bid Manager to review feedback on tender price (where provided) for future tenders.

Skills & experience:

• Sound knowledge of civil engineering and construction techniques.
• Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation.
• Commercial awareness of different forms of contract.
• Sound knowledge of the governance and procedural requirements for work winning.
• Detailed knowledge of estimating software packages.

Location: London, Paddington

Salary: £80,000 – £85,000 Per Annum + £6,325 Car Allowance