Assistant Estimator — Grow Your Tender Career

APPLE TECHNICAL RECRUITMENT (UK) LIMITED; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 40 000 - 45 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Pension

Generous holidays

Employee incentives

Résumé du poste

Apple Technical Recruitment (UK) Limited is seeking an Assistant Estimator to join a Norwich-based pre-contract team. The role focuses on reviewing tender packs, creating BoQs, and coordinating with subcontracts to support bid submissions.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years' experience with a main contractor or subcontractor, with Excel and Conquest software knowledge being advantageous. The position offers a competitive package and progression within a growing contracting group.

Qualifications

• 2 years+ of experience with a main contractor or subcontractor as a trainee or assistant estimator.
• Excel knowledge is desirable; Conquest software experience advantageous.

Responsabilités

• Help review incoming tender packs, gather kickoff details, and set up new bids and BoQs in the estimating software.
• Send enquiry packs to subcontractors and consultants from approved lists, ensuring all trade packages are covered.
• Log and distribute all tender updates and amendments to internal teams, subcontractors, and consultants.
• Schedule key bid milestones, including kickoff meetings, writing sessions, internal reviews, and client interviews.
• Follow up with subcontractors to secure timely quotes, check returns for scope coverage, and pass details to estimators.
• Attend site visits with planners, taking photo records and saving them to the central network drive.
• Gather technical input from subcontractors and consultants to support the bid writing team.
• Maintain the live tender report, updating preliminaries, scope notes, and software data throughout the bid.
• Help prepare commercial tender forms for adjudication and compile handover packs for winning project teams.
• Shadow senior estimators across all tender stages to develop core commercial estimating skills.

Formation

Degree or HND/HNC in construction-related subject

Outils

Conquest

Excel

Description du poste

Apple Technical Recruitment (UK) Limited is seeking an Assistant Estimator to join a Norwich-based pre-contract team. The role focuses on reviewing tender packs, creating BoQs, and coordinating with subcontracts to support bid submissions.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years' experience with a main contractor or subcontractor, with Excel and Conquest software knowledge being advantageous. The position offers a competitive package and progression within a growing contracting group.