Estimator

FBR Construction Recruitment; Ringwood; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

FBR Construction Recruitment is seeking an energetic Estimator for a medium-sized, well-established build contractor based in West Hampshire, near the Dorset/Hampshire border.

Responsibilities include pricing projects from £150,000 to over £6 million, producing competitively priced tenders, and coordinating with suppliers and sub-contractors. The role includes site visits to assess requirements and a tender adjudication with a director before submission.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing estimates and tender submissions with researched costs.

Responsibilities

• Prepare estimates and tender submissions for enquiries with competitively priced offers.
• Ensure timely turnaround of quotes and manage visits to survey works.
• Perform tender adjudication with a director before submission.
• Assist in bid management and generate new business leads.

Skills

Tendering

Pricing

Bid management

Site visits

Client liaison

Supplier pricing

Estimating

Project costing

Job description

My client are a medium sized well established build contractor based in West Hampshire on the Dorset/Hampshire border.

Due to a number of long running projects starting later this year and a busy tender book within new builds and refurbishments, they are seeking an energetic Estimator to help the small friendly team price projects from initial conception.

Duties

• To carry out estimates / tender submissions to all enquiries and produce competitively priced tenders taking account of properly researched costs and contingencies.
• Ensuring quotes are turned around in a timely fashion and we meet all promised return dates. Manage visits to survey works requirements on site.
• Carry out a Tender Adjudication with at least one director before any tender is submitted.

Estimating

• Work alongside the Lead Estimator to ensure a complete tender return.
• Process enquiries from £150,000 to over £6 million and ensure these are returned on time and at the right price.
• Visits potential clients, survey work and produce priced schedules so that clear concise documents are available once we win the work.
• Obtain prices from suppliers and sub-contractors.

Sales and Marketing

• Support the company in generating new business.
• Work with contracts managers and Directors to ensure steady flow of work requiring pricing.
• Chase up and monitor leads.
• Assist in bid management on targeted projects.
• Generate new business through existing contacts and through generating new leads.

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package working with one of the more established build contractors Hampshire