Senior / Estimating Manager
Contract
12 months
London or Birmingham
Hybrid working (2 to 3 days on site)
Up to £450 per day pending experience
As a Principal Estimating Manager you will provide management of people and resources through the development of a series of Cost Estimates for high value and complex projects, including accurate first line assurance and establishing appropriate levels of contingency within the overall budget envelope.
About the role
1. Ensure Cost Management principles and processes are aligned with Risk Management, establishing contingency requirements within the overall budget envelope
2. Undertake reviews of Cost Estimates, which will include challenging proposals using cost benchmarks and norms within the review process
3. Develop overall Cost baselines, monitoring progress and taking corrective action in the management of Cost
4. Accomplished understanding of Cost Management techniques including Earned Value Management (EVM)
5. Demonstrate best practices by performing complex estimates and develop the supporting estimating deliverables, such as methodologies, basis documents and risk assessments
6. Responsible for ensuring that the work performed on assigned projects is technically accurate, on schedule and within budget
7. Capable of using a range of data to develop cost models, in particular indirect costs
8. Coordinate technical issues with other functions on projects, including leading cost reviews
9. Understand work processes of other disciplines and functions on projects and proposals
10. Communicating cost related issues so that cost led design can be formulated
11. Draw on best practice from industry (e.g. benchmarking databases) for all estimating and related Controls services.
About You:
12. Membership of the RICS, ACostE, ICES or similar professional association and degree or equivalent experience or achieved NVQ Level 4 in Project Controls
13. Chartered Status or in the process of achieving Chartered Status
14. Experience in high value, complex type construction or infrastructure Estimating programmes
15. Experience of leading and managing teams within the estimating process and facilitate communication with stakeholders on a range of Estimating issues
16. Proficient at developing, understanding and quantifying work scope to develop first principals Cost Estimates
17. Skilled at converting estimates into budgets for control purposes, as well as monitoring and evaluating the implementation of risk, opportunity and uncertainty control measures
18. Ability to develop an analysis of external influencing factors such as inflation and market trends, both nationally and internationally
19. Ability to interpret regulations and industry codes / standards affecting complex high value estimates
20. Experience of managing the performance of others in the development of all discipline activities on projects or programmes of high value and complexity.