As an Estimating Manager your role will be to identify opportunities, provide estimates through the wider estimation team and secure orders through market competitive solutions to meet customer requirements in compliance with the Company procedures.
Key Responsibilities:
Expected Key Results
Timely delivery of accurate cost estimates with practical and workable solutions, maximising the probability of obtaining targeted contracts.
Identification and conversion of new opportunities.
Key contributor to financial / commercial process in bids and tenders.
Manage the preparation of commercially accurate quotes.
Strong Client & Partner relations building and maintaining key relationships with customers, providing
high levels of customer service.
Timely and Accurate reporting.
Compliance with Company policies and procedures.
Responsibilities and Duties
Identify and target new opportunities.
Produce creative, innovative and competitive solutions to customer requirements, ensuring estimates
are accurate and comply with Company requirements and procedures.
Ensure tenders are followed up with contractors to maximise the probability of obtaining targeted
contracts.
Review quotes and devise a strategy to strengthen the Companies' position for each quote.
Assist senior management in monitoring and reporting on market pricing and competitor activity.
Evaluate reasons for lost bids and report/feedback as required.
Ensure customer requirements are met and exceeded where possible.
Attend negotiations and pre-contract handover meetings.
Prepare and deliver high standard presentations to customers as required.
Liaise with the design and operations teams on technical and operational requirements. Provide
briefings to the operations team and any information required once the job has commenced.
Provide information and reports for management teams as required.
Provide feedback from customers and the marketplace regularly.
Support and promote a team culture and Company values.
Qualifications, experience & competencies:
Minimum 10 years of scaffolding and project experience.
Preferable NVQ 6 or 7 Qualification
Advantage to have NASC/CITB/CISRS certifications
Appreciation of the design process with the ability to understand engineering plans.
Good self-discipline and a strong commitment to quality and procedures.
Excellent and effective communication skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships with
various stakeholders.
A history of being able to work well under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.
Job Working Conditions/ Location:
Office and site/yard work, as per country working hours.
Occasional visits to other offices/locations if requested by the line manager.
Must be able to deal with work-related deadlines, accountabilities, and responsibilities.
Must be able to work under frequent job pressure generated by short and inflexible deadlines.
Must be able to work independently and under time constraints