Senior Estimator

VINCI Building; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

VINCI Building UK is seeking an outstanding Senior Estimator to join our Midlands Region and lead in pre-construction activities, turning complex plans into winning bids.

You will own build costs for clients across a range of projects, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and high quality cost proposals. The role combines office work in Solihull with home-based and client site attendance as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering tenders for UK Main Contractor from £10m value.
• Advanced use of estimating systems.
• Ability to control costs, timing and quality to targets.
• Read and interpret drawings and specs.

Responsibilities

• Produce analytical cost estimates reflecting bid framework and risk profile.
• Call for required support to produce estimates.
• Lead tender processes for large/complex projects as needed.
• Present tenders to clients and act as VINCI Building representative.
• Produce budget pricing and cash flows for tendering purposes.

Skills

Cost estimation

Tendering

Mentoring

Client liaison

Strong communication

Education

Level 4 qualification (HNC/NVQ4)

Relevant degree

Tools

Estimating software

Job description

VINCI Building is looking for an outstanding Senior Estimator to join our thriving Midlands Region at an exciting period of sustained growth and opportunity. This role offers the chance to join our join our pre-construction team and play a crucial part in securing and delivering some of the regions most prestigious schemes, turning complex plans into winning bids across a range of sectors.

You will lead and take ownership to deliver build costs for our clients on a range of projects, ensuring we propose the right cost, on time, and to the highest quality for cost accuracy.

As a trusted pre-construction leader, you will help the region's future success, working in an agile way depending on the demands of the role, working from our office in Solihull, from home as well as attending client meetings, site visits and project meetings across the Midlands region.

The Role

• Produce analytical cost estimates that reflect the programme, methodology and risk profile developed by the bid team on large scale and complex projects.
• Identify the need for, and call for support that may be required to produce estimates.
• A thorough understanding of the UK construction market and be aware of the main forms of Contract used and the significance of these contracts in terms of the risks that need to be addressed in the tender.
• Provide guidance and mentor estimating assistants.
• Estimate and produce project and corporate documentation.
• Manage and present estimating / tendering information.
• Knowledge share to support the development of an innovative team philosophy.
• Help identify, manage, reduce and drive out unnecessary costs and inefficient activities.
• Help identify the supply chain based on an informed and well-developed understanding of the market.
• Manage the production of papers for use in tender reviews and adjudications.
• Manage the production of accurate financial forecasts for use in setting target costs ensuring deadlines are met.
• Maintain commercial, technical, legal and insurance knowledge of current market.
• Champion VINCI Building estimating processes and procedures on tenders in order to maximise returns in terms of profit and shareholder value.
• Produce budget pricing in accordance with available information.
• Produce cash flows for tendering purposes when required.
• Lead the tender process on larger or more complex projects as and when required.
• Present tenders to clients, and act as a representative of VINCI Building.

Essential and Desirable Criteria

You Will Ideally Have Some Of The Following Experience

• Successful delivery track record of tenders for a UK Main Contractor from £10m in value.
• Using Estimating systems to an advanced level.
• Controlling costs, timing and quality in line with targets.
• Reading and accurately interpreting drawings and technical specifications.
• Proactively liaising with customers & being able to identify value added opportunities throughout the process.
• Qualifications, Skills and Memberships

Essential

• Excellent time management skills.
• Written & verbal communication skills.
• A technical understanding of complex construction schemes.
• Experience of delivering outstanding customer and stakeholder service.

Desirable

• Minimum relevant level 4 qualification (HNC / NVQ4 etc).
• Relevant degree.
• NEC Contract experience

We are VINCI Building

Operating from our network of offices throughout England and Wales, VINCI Building delivers new build, refurbishment and associated fitout works, with particular expertise in the education, healthcare, industrial, air, retail, commercial and mixed-use sectors.

We focus on technical excellence and experience to sustainably deliver best value for our clients. We understand and respond to the challenges of the modern built environment.

Our goal is always to build strong partnerships with our customers and stakeholders to ensure success by unlocking your strategic vision and turning it into a deliverable scheme. We are active in a wide range of sectors and value bands, allowing us to provide a regional service with national resources.

VINCI Building delivers complex projects and programmes, blending our corporate stability with the local knowledge our teams offer.

Sustainability is at the heart of our approach, and we are committed to respecting and protecting the environment in everything that we do. We take the time to understand and make a positive difference to each community that we work in to ensure that our projects leave a lasting legacy.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Building is about recognising and celebrating each other's differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process, please contact us directly.

VINCI Building recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.