Estimator

Talk Recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Pension

Bonus

Job summary

Talk Recruitment is seeking an Estimator for a major contractor in Yorkshire. The role focuses on producing accurate cost plans, taking-off quantities, and supporting preconstruction to secure tender projects.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team across design and procurement, ensuring compliance with budgets and deadlines. The successful candidate will have building sector experience, relevant qualifications, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the Building Sector.
• Experience as Assistant Estimator, Estimator, Senior Estimator or similar.
• Experience in building sector projects such as Commercial, Leisure, Mixed Use, Residential, Hotels or Healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all costs on the project align with scope, customer requirements and current legislation.
• Collaborate with preconstruction to secure and convert tender projects.
• Create robust cost plans through design gateways up to target price.
• Guide design teams and inform customers on affordability.
• Identify opportunities and risks with value-adding solutions.
• Value alternative design solutions and present cost implications to customers.
• Carry out cost assessments on design changes between RIBA stages.

Skills

Knowledge of Building Sector

Good communication skills

Education

Degree / HND / HNC

Job description

Estimator - Construction / Building - Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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:

To be considered for this Estimator role you must meet the following criteria:

• - 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:

The successful Estimator will receive:

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