JR264: Senior Estimator
Location: London, Paddington
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 Per Annum + £6,325 Car Allowance
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Senior Estimator on behalf of one of our clients.
To provide the preparation of detailed and accurate pricing for tenders.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Agree methodologies and outputs for key activities with Planner and, where appropriate the Bid Manager and Design Manager.
- Provide advice to Bid Manager/ Design manager on most competitive design options.
- Produce competitive price using methodologies and outputs etc. to suit conditions/ situations relevant to the scheme.
- Advise Bid Manager on sufficiency of Client bill of quantity/ activity schedule and arrange for full quantity take off or checking as required.
- Preparing the price estimate for tenders or budget pricing comprising the following aspects:
- Labour - Develop local rates/ build up rates for self-delivered items.
- Ensure Working Rule Agreement (and any other specific requirements such as London Living Wage) included in labour rates.
- Prepare scheme specific labour rate calculation where required.
- Liaise with Planner to reconcile plant resource levels.
- Materials - Comparison sheet for materials considering unit rate (conversation factors), wastage, waiting times and part loads etc.
- Liaise with procurement to determine appropriate selection of suppliers to send enquiries to.
- Liaise with procurement to determine the sufficiency and compliance of supplier quotations.
- Liaise with procurement and agree on the selection of supplier quotations to be used in the estimate.
- Subcontracts - Liaise with procurement & bid team to determine appropriate selection of subcontractors to send enquiries to.
- Liaise with procurement to determine the sufficiency and compliance of subcontractor quotations.
- Preparation of comparison sheet for subcontractors detailing additions/ deletions from quoted rates.
- Liaise with procurement and bid manager and agree on the selection of the subcontractor to be used in the estimate.
- Temporary Works - Liaise with Planner/ Technical Services and Temporary Works Coordinator to agree extent and nature of temporary works.
- Agree costs of temporary works with temporary works coordinator.
- Preliminaries - Liaise with Planner to determine overall duration of preliminaries.
- Coordinate and liaise with Bid Manager to ensure all aspects of Clients requirements included as necessary (CCS/ CEEQUAL etc).
- Risk - Input with Bid Manager and tender risk manager into tender risk/ opportunity register.
- Final settlement and submission - Produce top–sheet tender summary in current format and associated back up sheets.
- Present pricing build up at pre-settlement and settlement meetings.
- Prepare adjustments sheet in coordination with Bid Manager to reflect settlement adjustments.
- Prepare final pricing documentation for inclusion with tender submission – where possible ensuring pricing maintains a positive cash flow throughout the project.
- Coordinate with Bid Manager for the production of the Form of tender/ Contract Data Part 2 as required.
- Liaise with Bid Manager and address any post tender clarifications/amendments issued by the Client.
- Handover (for successful bids) - Prepare handover pricing document for issue to Project Manager and Commercial Manager.
- Attend Handover meeting with Bid Manager.
- Review (for unsuccessful bids) - Coordinate with Bid Manager to review feedback on tender price (where provided) for future tenders.
Skills & experience:
- Sound knowledge of civil engineering and construction techniques.
- Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation.
- Commercial awareness of different forms of contract.
- Sound knowledge of the governance and procedural requirements for work winning.
- Detailed knowledge of estimating software packages.
Location: London, Paddington
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 Per Annum + £6,325 Car Allowance
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