Overview
Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Estimator to join our Transportation team here in the North West.
Responsibilities
* With support from the wider function be the primary lead on a large-scale programme of works
* Drive best practice throughout the function and into the wider bid structure
* Support junior team members with their professional development
* Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHEQ department.
* Attend project start-up meetings and make site visits.
* Produce enquiry schedules for scope of works & packages required from the tender documentation, drawings and specifications issued.
* Identify tender deliverables required from the Project Designers.
* Evaluate returned quotations from suppliers and where necessary enters into correspondence with suppliers to bring quotations in line with the project specification requirements.
* Prepares Bill of Quantities to appropriate methods of measurement.
* Prepares bottom-up estimate using industry/ company norms on an estimating system (Candy)
* Input to project risk register and attends a project risk meetings
* Attend tender price settlement meetings to present and explain estimate and its basis.
* Attend Tender Handover meetings and prepare tender handover documentation.
* Facilitate and manage the successful development of solutions to problems within estimates.
* As necessary provide support and respond to tender queries made by project team personnel.
* Attend meetings with clients to plan, promote and negotiate proposals. Record all changes to the tender price required following negotiations.
* Review and check contract documentation to ensure it accurately reflects the offer made.
* Develop and manage less experienced employees
* Helps develop the company estimating database.
* Helps generate effective feedback on estimates and actual costs with the project teams
Still interested, does this sound like you?
Qualifications
* Experienced in civils related engineering projects (rail experience beneficial)
* Chartered status
* Experienced in managing others, including Estimators
* Proven successful estimating experience in civil engineering
* Experienced in bottom up pricing
* Extensive variety in types of work priced
* Preference for good knowledge of Candy estimating software
* Personal drive and tenacity to get the job done, in the right way
Benefits
* 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
* Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
* Above market rate contributory pension scheme
* Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
* Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
* Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
* Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
* Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc
About Murphy
Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Gold Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £5.8bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy
Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK
Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Management and Manufacturing
* Industries: Civil Engineering
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