Senior Estimator / Estimating Manager

Loughborough, Leicestershire
Stafforce Recruitment

We’re recruiting for a Senior Estimator / Estimating Manager to join our well-established client within the steel fabrication and construction industry on a full time, permanent basis.

Salary: 55,000 – 65,000 (depending on experience).

Location: Loughborough with hybrid working options available.

The Role:

As a Senior Estimator / Estimating Manager, you will collect and analyse data to estimate the time, money and labour required to deliver requirements of a customer project or manufacture a product. You will then prepare accurate estimates and quotations from enquires received.

Key Responsibilities:

• Gather first-hand information from both internal departments and external suppliers. Liaise with departments to produce accurate costing information.
• By understanding the project/program and its requirements, prepare work to be estimated by gathering proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents.
• Creating accurate material take offs, both manually and by use of Tekla/Reutt software packages.
• Present tender proposals to the Sales and Contracts team for review and sign off, director review and sign off as value levels dictate.
• Determine key variables for cost and other estimates by identifying labour, material, and time requirements by the related documents to compute cost.
• Resolves discrepancies by collecting and analysing information.
• Build and maintain relationships with key suppliers, obtain and review offers and quotes from subcontractors or suppliers.
• Present prepared estimate by assembling and displaying numerical and descriptive information to the appropriate persons (project manager, clients, bidding competition, etc.).
• Upon tender award, set up and present to a handover meeting to the Contracts team.
• Prepare special reports by collecting, analysing, and summarising information and trends.
• Maintain cost data base by ensuring new suppliers, amended prices, etc. are notified for systems to be updated.
• Maintain technical knowledge by attending meetings and review new publications as required.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed and actively participating in team meetings.

Requirements:

• Detailed knowledge and experience of the technical elements of architectural structural steel fabrication and the construction industry.
• Ideally at least 3 years’ experience of estimating within the industry managing elements of steel construction projects including being able to fully read and interpret working drawings.
• Ability to undertake a reasonable level of technical and financial calculations.
• Excellent project planning and organisational skills.
• Business acumen and analytical financial skills with the ability to make sound judgements/assessments in relation to budget costs from limited information.
• Excellent Communication through verbal, written and interpersonal negotiating skills
• Excellent time management.
• Good team working skills.
• IT Skills with the ability to use the standard Microsoft packages.
• Ability to be self-motivated.
• Awareness of building law and regulations, contract law and health and safety law.

If you are looking for the next step in your career within the steel and construction industry, then apply for this role now!

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