Senior Estimator- MEICA

Kier Group; Chatham; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Senior MEICA Estimator/MEICA Proposals Engineer to join our Southern Water Framework team. This role supports pricing for water industry projects, collaborating with the delivery team and client to deliver value-for-money MEICA solutions.

Based in the Southern Water region with remote working available and travel as needed, the role involves design management input, tender pricing, and active involvement across pre-construction phases to identify risks and opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering tenders and pricing in the water industry.
• Experience with Pre-Construction and Early Contractor Involvement phases.
• Ability to manage a portfolio of projects within a framework environment.
• Good understanding of client requirements and commercial awareness.
• Experience using estimating IT packages.
• Full driving licence.
• Knowledge of carbon data capture.

Responsibilities

• Prepare multi-discipline tender pricing and produce tiers of pricing from top-down budgets to bottom-up lump sums.
• Contribute to Pre-Construction and Early Contractor Involvement phases with design input.
• Collaborate with estimators, bid managers, planners, design managers, commercial and delivery teams to develop prices.
• Coordinate with suppliers, sub-contractors and in-house resources; assess quotations.
• Identify risks and opportunities; attend site visits and meetings; ensure tenders meet commercial requirements.

Skills

Tender pricing

Water industry knowledge

Estimating software

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk identification

Portfolio management

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.

We're seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical & Electrical Proposals Engineer/Estimator to join our Southern Water Framework team. You'll work closely with our framework delivery team and the Client to deliver value for money solutions for the mechanical and electrical elements of work, supporting our commitment to excellence in the water industry.

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

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, 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. There's never been a better time to get involved, 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.

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.

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.