Estimator

A busy, demanding, varied and responsible role has arisen for a Public Sector Maintenance Estimator, for a forward-thinking organization that offers facility management and construction projects within the Public Sector.

Job Description:

• Writing pricing tender documents to a high standard
• Dealing predominantly with garage conversations for councils across the UK, as well as different construction work for schools and housing associations
• Taking in all pertinent information about each building project and deciding how much it would cost to meet the client’s needs
• Bidding for jobs alongside competitors
• Submitting quality reports
• Visiting sites
• Overseeing projects
• Calculating cost of materials, transport, labour and equipment hire
• Obtaining quotes for all predicted requirements from sub-contractors and suppliers
• Collating detailed price lists
• Reading blueprints and taking measurements
• Assessing and adhering to risk assessments and health and safety requirements
• Keeping up to date with inflation, exchange rates and projected timescale costs
• Liaising with construction managers, planners and design teams
• Presenting bids to clients and answering their questions
• Completing work quality submissions
• Preparing and submitting quotations for work

Person Specification:

• Educated to at least HND/HNC level
• Ideally five years relevant experience

• highly proficient in numeracy
• good at negotiating
• able to undertake project management
• detail orientated
• able to work under pressure and to deadlines
• commercially aware of the construction industry
• excellent at problem solving
• analytically minded, including having the ability to undertake financial analysis
• a team player
• confident to deliver presentations
• organised and methodical
• proficient at using Microsoft Office as well as industry-specific software
• good at record keeping
• an effective communicator both verbally and in writing
• aware of data confidentiality
• assertive and resilient.
• Competent IT skills, MS Word, Excel, databases

Additional Information:

• Full time role, part office/part home based (Weybridge)
• Monday to Friday, 9-5pm (hours may vary depending on travel
• Flexibility to travel to client sites (mostly London/South East)
• Salary: Ideally £25-£28,000