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Senior Estimator

Commercial Refurbishments - Healthcare, Education, Fit-out Sectors

Hybrid working (Visit head office in Stoke couple of times a month)

Very competitive salary

+ Car/Allowance + 35 days holiday + healthcare + retail vouchers

You'll be joining an award winning main contractor with 20 offices across the country. They're privately owned and cash rich with over a 100 year pedigree behind them and supply chain.

You will work alongside the Bid and Operational teams to effectively undertake the production of accurate and competitive tenders, for national projects in a Healthcare, Education or fast track fit out environment, in particular on a new recently won framework, typically estimating works up to values of £3m, generally programs are running in a live environment where speed alongside quality is a real priority for the client.

The Role

Experience of Pricing jobs from first principles and Cost Planning is a must. Attention to detail and great written and verbal communication skills will be essential to your success. You will be comfortable in pricing large scale projects and also confident to managing 2-3 smaller jobs at the same time.

Undertake the preparation and processing of quotations, bids and tenders
Prepare Supplier and Sub-contractor enquiries, scrutinise quotations and undertake selection process.
Produce quantities for building works to assist the pricing of a project.
Assess material, labour and plant requirements in compilation of the tender.
Produce breakdowns, substantiation and undertake value engineering process to meet client budgetary requirements
Liaise with Operational Offices, Architects, Engineers, Sub-contractors, Suppliers and the Client to establish the project specification, preliminary requirements, risk provision and exclusions.
Attend and contribute to meetings with work colleagues and or Clients/Customers when necessary.
Assess commercial and operational risks associated with tenders.
Measuring jobs from inception using SMM7 or NRM