Senior Estimator

Talk Recruitment; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Pension

Bonus

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an Estimator for a hybrid role in the Construction sector, focusing on public sector projects in the East Midlands. Responsibilities include cost analysis, collaboration with teams, and project management. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience in various building projects and strong communication skills. This role offers competitive remuneration, including a basic salary, car allowance, and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in Assistant Estimator, Estimator, or Senior Estimator roles.
• Prior knowledge of various building sector projects such as Commercial, Leisure, and Residential.
• Experience working with Main Contractors.
• Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc).

Responsibilities

• Ensure costs align with project scope and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with the preconstruction team for tender projects.
• Create accurate cost plans through design gateways.
• Guide the design team on affordability and value.
• Manage project take-offs and provide detailed cost information.
• 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.

Skills

Knowledge of Building Sector

Good communication skills

Education

Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC)

Job description

Assistant Estimator, Estimator or Senior Estimator – Construction / Building. East Midlands.

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 East Midlands 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

• 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

To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now.