Estimator

MB854: Estimator Location: Swindon Salary: £70,000 + £5,750 Car Allowance Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Enhanced Pension Contributions Overview: First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit an Estimator on a permanent basis due to growth based at their Swindon depot. Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure company governance procedures are followed at all times

• Work in coordination with the Bid Manager to ensure competitive pricing

• Agree methodologies and outputs for key activities with planner and, where appropriate, with Bid Manager / Design Manger

• Provide advice to Bid Manager / Design Manager on most cost effective design options

• Price alternative design solutions

• Procedure competitive price using methodologies and outputs etc to suit conditions/ situations relevant to the scheme.

• Advise Bid Manager of 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 of budget pricing comprising the following aspects:

• 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.

• Develop local rates/ build up rates for self-delivered items

• Liaise with Planner to reconcile plant resource levels

• 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

• Liase with procurement & bid team to determine appropriate selection of subcontractors to send enquires to

• Liase with procurement to determine sufficiency and compliance of subcontractor quotations

• Preparation of comparation sheet for subcontractors details 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.

• Liaise with Planner / Technical Services / Temporary Works Coordinator to agree extent and nature of temporary works.

• Agree costs of temporary works with temporary works coordinator.

• Agree staffing levels and procedure staff programme with Bid Manager and Operations Lead

• Use currently weekly staff rated to price staff

• Agree shift patterns and overtime rates with operations lead for out of normal hours working - note these need to comply with working time directive/ NR Fatigue guidance

• Liaise with Planner to determine overall duration of preliminaries

• Coordinate and liase with Bid Manager to ensure all aspects of clients requirements included as necessary

• Input with Bid Manager and tender risk manager into tender risk/ opportunity register

• Final Settlement and submission

• Procedure top-sheet tender summary in current format and associated back up sheets

• Present Pricing build up at pre-settlement and settlement meetings

• Prepare adjustments sheets 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

• Liase 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 and Qualifications:

• Sound knowledge of civil engineering and construction techniques

• Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation

• Commercial awareness of different forms of contract

• Sound knowledge of the companies' governance and procedural requirements for work winning.

• Detailed knowledge of estimating software packages MB854: Estimator Location: Swindon Salary: £70,000 + £5,750 Car Allowance Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Enhanced Pension Contributions