Senior Estimator (Civils)

Kier Construction; Gerrards Cross; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Senior Estimator to join their Natural Resources Team. This role involves estimating duties on the Southern Water framework, with a focus on delivering value for money solutions. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing tenders and a strong understanding of client requirements. Flexible working options are available, making this a great opportunity for those looking to balance work and personal commitments.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering tenders/pricing.
• Experience in pre-construction phase to identify risks and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Input into all aspects of pre-construction phase.
• Prepare multi-discipline tender pricing.
• Attend internal and external review meetings.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Planning Skills

Commercial Awareness

Job description

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We're looking for a Senior Estimator to join our Natural Resources Team, with a focus on Civils you'll cover estimating duties on our new Southern Water framework.

Location: With remote working, you'll also be able to travel to client sites and offices across the Southern Water contract.

Contract: Permanent, Full Time – flexible and part time hours may be available if desired, just let us know

What are my responsibilities in this role?

As a Civils Senior Estimator you'll work closely with other members of our framework delivery team and the Client, to deliver value for money solutions for the Civils elements of work in line with framework requirements.

Your Day To Day Will Include

• Input into all aspects of the pre-construction phase of projects, including early contractor involvement and carrying out pre-work prior to tenders arriving.
• Preparing multi-discipline tender pricing with the ability to produce differing levels of pricing, from top-down budgets to bottom-up lump sums or targets.
• Read and understand client specifications and drawings whilst considering site safety, health, quality and environmental issues.
• Attend internal and external review and progress meetings as well as site visits/meetings.
• Ascertain preliminary and detailed project requirements and solutions, including programmes and value engineering solutions, with identification of risk and opportunities.
  
  

What are we looking for?

In this role as a Senior Estimator it will be great for you if you have:

• A proven track record of successfully delivering tenders/pricing of varying size/complexity and an ability to manage a portfolio of projects in a framework environment.
• Experience of the pre-construction phase of projects to quickly identify risks and opportunities.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills with a good understanding of clients requirements and general commercial awareness.
  
  

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.

There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Construction

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