Senior Estimator

Howells Recruitment; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 80 000 - 100 000; Tempo integral

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Resumo da oferta

Howells Recruitment is recruiting a Senior Estimator for social housing, planned maintenance and decarbonisation projects in London. You will price tenders, manage bid processes and influence senior stakeholders while maintaining robust cost bases.

The role offers a highly competitive £80k–£100k salary, plus bonus and benefits, with hybrid working options and flexibility to work from home.

Qualificações

• Pricing of occupied-homes programmes including kitchens, bathrooms, roofing and renewals.
• Strong knowledge of fire safety and building safety remediation.
• Understanding of retrofit delivery and PAS 2035/2030 frameworks.

Responsabilidades

• Maintaining an accurate cost base through regular market price reviews.
• Coordination of tender bids and documentation control.
• Input subcontractor bids and build up rates from first principles for direct labour.
• Assembling documents for settlement and handover meetings.

Conhecimentos

Commercial awareness

Bid leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Ferramentas

ConQuest

Causeway

CostX

Excel

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Estimator - Social Housing, Planned Maintenance, Decarbonisation / Retrofit
£80K - £100K + Bonus + Benefits
London / Hybrid (Flexibility to work from Home)

We are recruiting for a leading property services contractor to find a Senior Estimator to take responsibility for pricing winning planned maintenance / decent homes and decarbonisation / retrofit tenders for housing associations, local councils and RSL's.

This is more than a measurement and pricing role. The successful candidate will combine technical estimating expertise with strong commercial judgement, bid leadership and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders.

Estimator Responsibilities:

• Maintaining an accurate cost base by regular review of market prices
• Co-ordination of tender bids
• Check and acknowledge tender documents and amendments
• Organise copy of tender documents and amendments for appropriate parties
• Record supply chain and performance data
• Analyse, compare, and Input subcontractor bids into tender
• Build up rates from first principles where necessary to support subcontractor quotes
• Using first principles build ups to construct a fully formed bid using a direct labour workforce
• Assembling relevant documents for settlement and handover meeting

Estimator Experience:

• Pricing occupied-homes programmes, including kitchens, bathrooms, roofing, windows, external fabric and M&E renewals
• Experience of fire safety, passive fire protection, building safety remediation and/or high-rise refurbishment
• Understanding of retrofit delivery, ideally including PAS 2035/PAS 2030 and funded decarbonisation programmes
• Strong knowledge of NHF Schedule of Rates, framework pricing, open-book costing, measured term and fixed-price contracts
• Advanced Excel capability and recognised estimating software such as ConQuest, Causeway, CostX or equivalent.
• HRB experience or experience of building safety related projects

Estimator Salary & Benefits:

You will be working for a modern, forward thinking business; that believes the strengths, skills and personalities of their people are the key to the group's success. This is a permanent, full time role for which you will receive a highly competitive salary and benefits package. You will be part of a stable business with ambitious growth plans over the next 5 years.