HV Estimator: Substation Pricing & Tender Lead

Eta Projects Ltd; Hook; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Hybrid working

Life insurance 4x salary

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

GP24 remote access

BRUSHRewards

Family friendly policy

Bike2work

Long service awards

Training & development

Job summary

BRUSH Group's BRUSH Power Solutions is seeking an HV Estimator to price work from enquiry to submission for 11 kV to 132 kV projects, including substations, cabling and switchgear. You'll own cost build-up from drawings to bid.

Based in Hook Office with hybrid 3 days in office, 2 days at home; you will collaborate with Design, Engineering, Procurement and Operations to deliver accurate tenders ahead of deadlines.

Qualifications

• An HNC, HND or degree in electrical engineering desirable; extensive hands-on operational experience essential.
• Ability to build a price from first principles and explain the number reached.
• Comfortable with drawings, SLDs and specifications, and able to turn them into a full cost model.
• Experience pricing HV work in ICP/DNO/IDNO contexts.
• Good knowledge of G81, NERS/ICP requirements and DNO/IDNO specs.

Responsibilities

• Take a job from enquiry to submission and build the price from first principles.
• Read drawings, SLDs and specifications and be clear about inclusions, exclusions and assumptions.
• Price the scope of works: substations, cable routes, transformers and switchgear, protection and control, civils interfaces, connections and commissioning.
• Go out to the supply chain, check the quotes, challenge them when they don’t look right, and keep rates current.
• Spot the risks, the programme pinch-points and the places we can save money and document them.
• Put together the priced schedule, a project summary and the internal pack for internal approval.
• Liaise with Design, Engineering, Procurement and Operations while the price is being built.
• Help with responding on any bid queries and ensure on-time tender submission.
• Achieve the tender return date and complete a tender handover to delivery team.
• Keep to BRUSH commercial, safety and quality standards on every submission.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Price from first principles

Read drawings/SLDs

Excel proficiency

HV pricing experience

Education

HNC/HND or degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

BRUSH Group's BRUSH Power Solutions is seeking an HV Estimator to price work from enquiry to submission for 11 kV to 132 kV projects, including substations, cabling and switchgear. You'll own cost build-up from drawings to bid.

Based in Hook Office with hybrid 3 days in office, 2 days at home; you will collaborate with Design, Engineering, Procurement and Operations to deliver accurate tenders ahead of deadlines.