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My client are a well-established, family-owned civil engineering contractor with over 50 years of experience in the construction and engineering industry. They deliver projects across numerous sectors including general civils, groundworks, and demolition.

They are recruiting for a Senior Estimator to join their business.

Key responsibilities:

Analyse and interpret information, including early appraisal of scheme requirements in terms of construction methods, programme and management.
Identify risks/opportunities and incorporate them into a tender bid.
Call upon support from Design / Delivery teams as appropriate to plan works delivery strategy.
Identify key win themes and manage bid, coordinating input from multiple contributors.
Price civil engineering activities such as earthworks, drainage, ducting and paving from 1st principles, building up labour, plant, material cost components.
Prepare programme/construction sequence, to establish constructions periods. Ability to use ASTA Powerproject ideal but training can be provided.
Identify subcontract packages, choose suppliers from database and from researching the market, liaise with supply chain, prepare and issue enquiries and analyse and interrogate responses.
Compile a comprehensive net cost estimate for the works, including preliminary items.
Present net cost estimate at internal adjudication and implement changes.
Timely submission of tender, ensuring that the Clients requirements and specifications are met in full.
Follow up submitted tenders.

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