Estimator - Civil Engineering
Location: Barnsley, York or Warrington office locations available
Sector – Civil Engineering, Rail, Aviation, Power, Environment & Highways
Job Type: Full-time
In return, we offer:
* Competitive annual salary negotiable dependant on experience
* Company Car or Car Allowance
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
* Company contributory Pension scheme
* Life Insurance
* Westfield Health Cash Plan & Westfield Rewards
* Support and employee infrastructure embedded in the business as a platform for personal and professional development creating pathways for unrivalled career development and progression opportunities internally.
* Consistent learning opportunities
* Internal development programmes dedicated to supporting the development of our colleagues and future business leaders including Purposeful Leadership, Women in leadership and much more.
* A safe place to work
* Employee forum’s that provide a platform for having your voice heard
* Consistent learning opportunities
* A safe place to work
* Employee forums that provide a platform for having your voice heard
About the Role:
As an Estimator, you will play a critical role in developing and pricing commercially viable, competitive & cost-effective tenders to meet the identified client needs for a range of civil engineering projects including sectors such as rail, aviation, power & utilities and Environment Agency projects in the East & West (North) business regions.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy and fast-paced work-winning team involved in multi-disciplinary civils projects across a variety of sectors.
Your key responsibilities will include:
* Preparing and managing tenders from the receipt of documents through to delivery.
* Work closely with the other functions in the department to develop and implement bid winning strategies from early in the tender process.
* Presenting tenders at review meetings to senior management.
* Liaising with the Supply Chain team on supplier/subcontractor inquiries.
* Conducting technical and commercial appraisals of labour, plant, materials, and temporary works.
* Performing take-offs from drawings and producing cost-effective tenders based on first principles.
* Discuss and agree resourcing and works outputs with Planner, Bid Manager and delivery team working on the tender.
* Analysing and pricing risks associated with tenders.
* Preparing tender submission deliverables
* Assisting in the proposals and contract management functions.
* Provide support, mentoring & guidance to Assistant Estimators and anyone else within the department who may require such support, mentoring & guidance
Essential Requirements
To be successful in this role, you should have:
* Previous experience as an Estimator in a civil engineering infrastructure setting, particularly in multi-disciplinary projects and/or frameworks.
* Expertise in First Principles estimating.
* A solid background in Civil Engineering projects.
Preferred
* Experience in a site-based or operational role prior to your estimating career is highly advantageous.
* Causeway software experience and knowledge is desirable.