Estimator

Talk Recruitment; Ringway; Híbrido; GBP 55.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Car Allowance

Pension

Bonus

Descripción de la vacante

Talk Recruitment is seeking an Estimator or Senior Estimator for a hybrid role in the North West, UK. The position focuses on tendering for projects predominantly in the public sector, working with one of the UK’s largest privately owned main contractors.

You will manage cost plans, collaborate with preconstruction, guide design teams on affordability, and drive procurement and value engineering across RIBA stages.

Formación

• Experience in building sector projects.
• Previous roles: Assistant Estimator / Estimator / Senior Estimator.
• Previous Main Contractor employment.

Responsabilidades

• 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, accurate cost plans through design gateways up to target price.
• Guide the design team and inform the customer about affordability.
• Identify opportunities and risks using technical experience and propose value-adding solutions.
• Collaborate to value alternative design solutions and present to the customer.
• Support change control by costings across RIBA stages.
• Carry out cost take-offs to required detail (SMM7/NRM2/building quants).
• Provide a complete cost information pack during substantiation for handover including BOQ, tender book and quotations.
• Lead procurement schedule and manage supply chain relationships.

Conocimientos

Building sector knowledge

Communication skills

Educación

Degree / HND / HNC

Descripción del empleo

Estimator or Senior Estimator - Construction / Building - North West

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 North West Region.

Role:

• 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