Assistant Estimator

Talk Recruitment; Chadderton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Basic (Dependent on experience)

Car Allowance

Pension

Bonus

Job summary

A leading construction firm seeks an Estimator for a hybrid role involving cost management of tendering projects focused on the public sector in the East Midlands. Responsibilities include accurate cost planning, collaborating with teams, and managing procurement. Candidates should have experience in the building sector and relevant qualifications. Attractive remuneration package includes a competitive salary, car allowance, pension, and a bonus scheme.

Qualifications

• Previous employment as an Assistant Estimator, Estimator, Senior Estimator or similar.
• Experience in building sector projects such as Commercial, Leisure, Mixed Use, Residential.
• Previous Main Contractor employment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure costs are in accordance with project scope and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with the preconstruction team to convert tender projects.
• Create accurate cost plans through design gateways.
• Guide design team on affordability.
• Identify opportunities/risks and provide value solutions.
• Value design alternatives and present to customer for review.
• Support change control and track costs through RIBA stages.
• Carry out take-offs to required detail (SMM7/NRM2).
• Provide cost information packs during handover to commercial build team.
• Lead procurement schedule and manage supply chain relationships.
• Review supply chain performance with operations team.
• Include design fees in tender summary and related costs.
• Assist in assessing design changes and their cost impact.

Skills

Knowledge of Building Sector

Good communication skills

Education

Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC)

Job description

Assistant Estimator, Estimator or Senior Estimator – Construction / Building. East Midlands.

Hybrid / remote working role.

Opportunity for an Estimator to join one of the UK’s largest privately owned main contractors working on tendering projects, predominantly public sector, for the East Midlands Region.

Role

As Estimator your role will include:

• Ensure that all costs on the project are in accordance with the project scope, the customer’s requirements and current legislation.
• Collaborate with the wider preconstruction team to secure and convert tender projects.
• Create robust accurate cost plans through the various design gateways up to target price.
• Guide the design team and inform the customer with respect to affordability.
• Use technical experience to identify opportunities and risks along with solutions to add value.
• Collaborate with the project team to identify and value alternative design solutions where required and present to the customer for review.
• Support the design discipline by costing change control items as identified and track through the RIBA Stages.
• Complete or manage project take–offs to the required level of detail (SMM7/NRM2/building quants).
• Provide a complete and robust cost information pack during the substantiation process to the commercial build team at handover, to include completed comparisons, bills of quantities, tender book and quotations.
• Lead the procurement schedule and build supply chain interaction and relationships.
• Review the performance of supply chain partners with the operations team.
• Collaborate with the design lead to capture and include design fees in the tender summary book (consultants, statutory authorities, surveys, schedules, and the like).
• Assist in the change control process, identifying design changes between RIBA stages, advising on the impact of the change and approximate cost.
• Carry out cost assessments on alternative design solutions to inform the final design and project/customer budget.

Requirements

• Knowledge of Building Sector.
• Previous employment as an Assistant Estimator, Estimator, Senior Estimator or similar.
• Previous experience / knowledge in building sector projects such as Commercial, Leisure, Mixed Use, Residential, Apartment Blocks, Student Accommodation, Hotels, Extra Care Housing, MOJ, Industrial, Education or Healthcare.
• Previous Main Contractor employment.
• Good communication skills.
• Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc).

Remuneration

• Competitive Basic (Dependent on experience)
• Car Allowance
• Pension
• Bonus

To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now.