Senior Estimator- MEICA

Kier Group; Brighton, Chichester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Senior MEICA Estimator/Proposals Engineer for the Southern Water Framework team, based around the Brighton/Chichester area. Remote working is available, with travel to the office as required to meet team needs and project milestones.

You will price multi-discipline water sector tenders, contribute to early-stage involvement, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to deliver competitive, compliant proposals.

Qualifications

• Proven tender pricing experience in the water industry.
• Experience in Pre-Construction and Early Contractor Involvement phases.
• Ability to manage a portfolio of projects within a framework environment.
• Understanding of client requirements and commercial awareness.
• Full driving licence is essential.

Responsibilities

• Prepare multi-discipline tender pricing and create pricing variants (top-down budgets to bottom-up)
• Contribute to Pre-Construction and ECI phases with engineering input
• Collaborate with estimators, bid managers, planners, design managers and delivery teams to price projects
• Coordinate with suppliers, sub-contractors and in-house resources; assess supply chain quotes
• Identify risks and opportunities; attend site visits and meetings; ensure tenders meet commercial requirements

Skills

Tender pricing

Engineering experience

Collaboration

Supply chain liaison

Risk identification

Full driving licence

Tools

Estimating software

Job description

We're looking for a Senior MEICA Estimator/MEICA Proposals Engineer to join our Southern Water Framework team based in Southern Water region

Location: Southern Water region, typically around Brighton and Chichester. Remote working available, with travel to the office as necessary to fulfil the role and team requirements.

Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior MEICA Estimator/MEICA Proposals Engineer, you'll be working within the Southern Water Framework team, supporting them in delivering innovative solutions and pricing for water industry projects.

Your day to day will include:

• Preparing multi-discipline tender pricing and producing differing levels of pricing, from top-down budgets to bottom-up lump sums or targets
• Contributing to the Pre-Construction and Early Contractor Involvement phases of projects, including design management input using your engineering experience
• Collaborating with estimators, bid managers, planners, design managers, commercial and delivery teams to develop solutions and prices for projects
• Co-ordinating and liaising with suppliers, specialist sub-contractors and in-house resources, including technical assessment of supply chain quotations
• Identifying risks and opportunities, attending site visits and meetings, and ensuring all tenders meet Kier and Client commercial requirements

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior MEICA Estimator/MEICA Proposals Engineer is great for you if you hold:

• A proven track record of successfully delivering tenders and pricing of varying size and complexity in the water industry
• Ability to 'fill the gaps' in information through good engineering experience within the Water industry to be able to produce high level budget prices
• Ability to manage a portfolio of projects in a framework environment
• A good understanding of our client's requirements and good general commercial awareness
• Experience of the Pre-Construction and Early Contractor Involvement phases of projects, with the ability to quickly identify risks and opportunities
• Ability to work within integrated multi-sector teams to deliver multi-discipline tenders
• Competence in using various IT packages including estimating software
• Experience of working on construction projects, preferably in the water industry
• Good knowledge and experience of the processes and mechanical and electrical assets used within the water industry
• An appreciation or experience of carbon data capture
• Full driving licence

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

Salary: Not specified

Hours: Full-time

Job type: Permanent

Location: BN1 9PY