Job description
The rewards and benefits on offer:
A full time and permanent role from day 1!
The opportunity to work for an industry leading business
Hybrid working
A competitive basic salary
Free onsite parking
Holiday entitlement
Pension Contributions
Mtrec’s new client opportunity:
Mtrec recruitment are proudly representing our new, award-winning client, in their search for an Estimator. The role will be instrumental in the preparation and winning of work for the company. The business is hugely successful in their field and boast a reputation which is second to none!
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The Job you will do:
Acting as the principal point of contact between the company and the Clients’ professional team throughout the tendering process.
Establishing and communicating to the bid team the requirements of each tender.
Liaising with internal and external designers to produce a design sufficiently advanced for pricing.
Taking – off quantities from a set of tender drawings.
Building - up rates for items in a Bill of Quantities using Meldrum labour, plant and materials. Assembling and issuing supply chain enquiries.
Input into tender stage planning.
Bringing innovation and value engineering to tenders.
Liaising with other team members involved in tender preparation to ensure that the suite of tender documents submitted meets or exceeds the Client’s requirements.
Presenting the tender to the Company Directors for approval to submit.
Producing final tender documents and submitting to the client.
Undertaking detailed tender management.
Working within the Bid team throughout the entire bidding process to enable the Company to secure design and build projects.
Supporting the development and implementation of the appropriate digital toolsets to execute cost take-off and other estimating activities, such as 5D cost planning.
Attending or carrying out periodic Tender Health Checks and formal risk reviews to ensure that the identified risks are mitigated as far as possible in tender submissions.
Ensuring that cost planning and estimating are accurate and reflect the project requirements and risk profile.
Participating in post-tender negotiations with the Client and their professional team.
Ensuring detailed handovers are made to the delivery team (including commercial team), as per IP 06, for successful tenders.
About you:
Ideally you will a relevant qualification, ideally a Degree, HND, HNC or similar qualification.
Analysis of tender documents/contract terms and conditions
BIM-enabled design
Costing/developing whole life cycle costs
Developing sub-contract terms and conditions
Developing a value proposition (cost, durability, low carbon, aesthetic)
Developing tenders
Obtaining prices and dealing with variations
Planning
Producing product/service specifications
Reading technical drawings
Risk assessment
Accuracy
Attention to detail
Business case for offsite
Commercial awareness
Effective and on-going
communication
Problem-solving
Team-working
Working to tight deadlines