Job Title: Estimator
Location/ Division: Retail
Location: Chrorley
Here at ISG, we create places in which people and companies thrive. Our unrelenting focus on quality drives us forward at every stage of every project - and ensures we deliver quality outcomes to our high profile clients. As an Estimator with us, you'll have a vital role to play in ensuring we deliver our work on budget and to the very highest standards. Join us, and you can be confident you're going to part of a business that's known for its exceptional delivery dynamic and strong customer relationships built on mutual trust, collaboration, and open communication.
What will you be doing?
This is all about providing a detailed and accurate cost estimate as part of the proposal process for your division. In particular, your role will involve:
- Reviewing proposals to ascertain key requirements for the project
- Liaising with the wider project team throughout the tender process to organise and collate site and project data, and to produce the most economical and logistically sound solutions
- Producing net cost estimates based on the market rates for either a fixed-price or two-stage tender
- Producing further estimates based on our design and build contracts, including value engineering and design advice
- Attending commercial review meetings to present estimates clearly and accurately
- Attending the post-tender handover meeting to pass your estimate knowledge onto the project delivery team
- Providing broader cost advice and keeping a close eye on budgets
Key Responsibilities
Generally
- Establish a close relationship with the Estimating Director & Winning Work Director, the estimating team, winning work team, legal team and delivery team members to ensure smooth running of the systems
- Develop relationships with internal stakeholders
- Responsible for overseeing permanent or temporary more junior members of staff
- Supporting Estimating Director/Manager with ad-hoc tasks
Estimating
- Comply with Estimating Best Practice processes
- Responsible for receipt of accurate records of tender and contract documents (assisted by document controller)
- Prepare detailed bills of quantities to allow tenderers to price works accurately
- Compile tender comparisons to ensure only complete sub contract bids are considered
- Present tender at settlement meeting and demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of best winning approach to be taken
- Offer advice on risks, value engineering options and other work winning strategies
- Ensure all risks are understood and evaluated so that they are considered for inclusion in the tender presented at the settlement
- Handover tenders that are won to the project team and maintain contact to ensure all knowledge is successfully transferred
- Work closely with the supply chain to ensure they continue to provide competitive tenders, ensure delivery teams are aware of those sub-contractors that have contributed to ensure they are given a fair opportunity to secure work with ISG when tender is successful and give honest, timely feedback when a tender is lost
- Contribute to database of tenders for historical data and average rates
- Provide cost planning and other cost advice both internally and to consultants if required
- Assist with the training and development of Trainee and Assistant Estimators
Winning Work
- Develop relationships with consultants and other customers
Qualifications
- Recognised construction based higher education qualification (HNC/HND, etc.)
- and/or minimum 10 years' experience in an estimating role
Skills & Experiences
- Knowledge of the construction industry processes
- Able to multi task, in particular managing and delivering multiple tenders
- Accurate measurement and billing of tender information
- Able to identify and evaluate risks
- Proven planning and process management skills
- Knowledge of different procurement routes, particularly design and build
- A confident professional manner
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Methodical approach to duties
- Advanced knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook and estimating software.
- Good organisation skills
How to apply
If you'd like to be part of - to dream smart, speak frankly, always care and never stop learning - the next step is to make your application by following the link below.
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