Estimator
Permanent
Based in BexleyHeath, Kent
*Hybrid working available
£32,000 - £51,000 per annum
Ref SW-007-Lon- Esti
Position good to know for the Estimator
- Ideal sector experience from:
- Utilities, Residential new build, Social Housing, Highways, Property Services and FM
- Ideally have experience of working with a main contractor on
- Housing refurbishment projects, partnerships and framework agreements
- Several varying levels of Estimator roles are currently being recruited for
Your key duties of the Estimator
- · Overseeing tenders up to the value of £2m - £12m
- · Support the delivery of the overall business strategy of refurbishment projects
- · Oversee the final preparation of tender documentation
- · Liaise with internal stakeholders to focus all efforts on successful bidding and pricing to win projects
- · Use your knowledge of Best Value and the Audit Commission/executive Service Inspection to add value to bids and projects
- · Access and advise on risk to internal stakeholders
- · Create statistical data for pricing/bid analysis, interpretation and explanation of data
- · Ensure tender programmes and specific methods of construction are developed with internal stakeholders
- Overseeing tenders and establish project prices from sub-contractors
- Produce terms for works required for projects and ensure there carried out under the contract
- Monitor and measure worker output, ensuring labour costs per hour and productivity is measured, monitored and improved
Key must have experience you should have as the successful Estimator
- Produce:
- Bills of quantities, pre-priced schedule of rates supplied by the client, prepare tenders from architect’s drawings and develop specifications that should be taken into account
- An understanding of clients’ processes and procedures for bid evaluation
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management within the business
- 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.
- Ensure tenders are effectively produced, 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.
Key qualifications and skills you should have as the successful Estimator
- · Quantity Surveying degree or equivalent
- · Minimum 3 years Estimator or Quantity Surveyor experience
- · Must have a Valid UK Driving
Next step to apply for this Estimator role
As a candidate with site experience, you will already know the technical specifications of this role, but following your application of interest, you will:
- 3D Personnel are acting as an employment agency for this vacancy
3D Personnel Ltd specialise in working within the construction sector where we work with companies who design, construct and maintain the built environment. In addition to this advertised role, we also place Assistant Site Managers | Site Supervisor | Site Managers | Senior Site Managers | Contracts Managers | Project Managers | Construction Managers | Construction Directors | Construction Project Directors
Reference ID: SW-007-Lon- Esti