As a member of the Estimating department, you will be responsible for the development of optimum estimated costs for the Labour, Plant, Materials, Subcontractors & Preliminaries on work winning tenders. Work types include but not limited to; Geotech, Drainage, Structures, Buildings & Permanent Way.
Key Responsibilities;
Being a key representative of the estimating team both within the business and client facing.
Preparation of detailed first principles estimates.
Benchmarking exercises to inform commercial positions of tenders.
Working with operational, engineering, and commercial staff to produce viable estimates.
General bid management on day-to-day tenders.
Subcontractor engagement at tender stage, producing enquiries and assessing returns from supply chain.
Risk and opportunity evaluation on tenders.
Presenting tender positions to senior management for governance sign off.
Working with clients to understand their goals and ensure a collaborative relationship.
Benefits
At Story Contracting, we invest in our people. We provide award-winning training and development opportunities for all employees to help you get to where you want to be in your career.
In addition to a competitive salary, pension we show we care about our people by offering a health cash plan and wellbeing support to keep you fit and well - inside and outside of work.
We care about our communities too and offer our employees two paid for volunteering days each year to spend as a team or individually.
The Ideal Candidate:
Typically, HNC qualified in construction or 5+ years’ experience.
Attention to detail.
Strong numeracy skills and a mind for commercial/financial responsibility.
Willingness to participate in site visits & meetings that may be in unsocial hours.
Good IT skills.
Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines.
Good communication skills both written and verbal.
Organised, excellent time management and results driven.
Team worker.
Willingness to learn, including initiating own learning and development.