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We're looking for a Senior Estimator to join our Construction team based in Southampton.
Location: Southampton
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Responsibilities
Due to growth, we are recruiting for a Senior Estimator to join our Construction team in Southampton. The role of Senior Estimator is to support the generation of profitable tenders for authorisation and submission, to maximise the order pipeline and its conversion into market share, revenue and operating profit within the business unit. You will estimate the costs of projects, determine contractual, financial, technical and operational risks and to find opportunities to minimise risk and maximise gross profit. You will support the fulfilment of the pipeline of contracts safely, on time, and to the required quality while maximising gross profit and customers' satisfaction.
Duties And Responsibilities Within The Role Will Include
* Contribution to the generation of tenders, proposing costs and estimate resources for projects
* Lead, manage, and motivate the estimating team on projects by promoting best practice.
* Participation in the winning of contracts while minimising risk and maximising profit by estimating the costs for tenders, negotiating with suppliers and subcontracts, and supporting value engineering.
* Contribute to the process of assessing, preparing, validating, adjudication, and final submission of tenders. This includes minimising subcontractor and material costs, communicating with design, planning, commercial and bid management functions.
* Estimate costs in order to meet or exceed customer requirements, including obtaining and negotiating quotes.
* Build and retain commercial relationships with customers, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and subcontractors during the tender and fulfilment process
Who are we looking for?
To be considered for the role, applicants will have construction estimating experience of schemes ideally with a Tier 1 contractor.
Applicants are expected to have the following skills and attributes:
* You will be experienced in our portfolio of projects with good technical construction knowledge.
* Extensive knowledge of best industry practices and standards
* Excellent research, proposal writing and oral presentation skills
* Experience in working on Single and Two Stage Tendering
* Experience working for a Tier 1 contractor on large schemes
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
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.
We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
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Full-time
Job function
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Management and Manufacturing
* Industries
Construction
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