Excellent Estimating opportunity to be part of a supportive and personable team with an emphasis on career development over the coming years!
Job title: Estimator
Location: Surrey (3 days in office, 2 from home)
Salary: Negotiable depending on level of experience) plus great benefits including company car or car allowance, healthcare scheme, income protection, enhanced pension
About the company:
• Our client is a well-established and well regarded geotechnical and ground engineering contractor offering a wide range of solutions across a variety of sectors including Commercial, Energy, Transport, Water, Tunnelling, Healthcare and Government.
• Culture: The culture is best described as having a ‘family feel’, with an emphasis on collaboration and pulling together as a team. Nice, open plan office environment with plenty of parking on site.
Overview of opportunity:
• Following a restructure and the creation of a new Business unit last year, my client is now on the look-out for an Estimator.
• They are now seeking an Estimating professional who has either experience in the pricing and presentation to clients of geotechnical or ground engineering solutions or more general civil engineering solutions.
• This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in some interesting and challenging minor and major projects across a range of sectors including Infrastructure, Marine and Renewable Energy.
Key responsibilities:
• Assisting with the management of incoming enquiries including the assessment and prioritisation of business appropriate tender opportunities.
• Developing appropriate opportunity bid/win strategies.
• Collaboratively working with the technical and operations team and supply chain to prepare cost studies for internal governance review.
• Writing and presenting tender offers to clients.
• Engaging in client interactions and tender negotiations from receipt of enquiry through to contract award and project handover to the operations team.
• Engaging with and assisting the Business Development Manager in identifying appropriate future clients and major project opportunities that would benefit from the value this division has to offer.
• Engaging with and assisting the Business Development Manager in providing continuing professional development presentations to their clients, and in attending appropriate client engagement events, industry exhibitions, etc.
Knowledge & experience required:
• A relevant civil engineering degree or bias towards geotechnical engineering and professional qualification status is preferrable.
• Ability to discharge professional duties with integrity and ability to behave with integrity in relation to all conduct bearing upon the standing, reputation and dignity of the company.
• Have full regard to matters of health and safety, well-being, the environment and sustainability.
• Significant experience of the UK geotechnical or civil engineering industry.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage with colleagues and clients.
• Excellent IT skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Salesforce.
• Knowledge of Primavera P6 and Candy is preferrable though not essential.
• Ability to develop professional knowledge, skills, and competence on a continuing basis and ability to aid the professional development of others.
• Full UK driving licence