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The Company

Our client is an established main contractor that has been operating in London and the Southeast for over 15 years.

Located in East London, they deliver projects in the leisure, education, retail, healthcare, and housing sectors and have built a strong reputation for completing projects on time with maximum client satisfaction.

The work with both private and public sector clients and deliver a range of new build and refurbishment projects.

Project Sizes typically range between £500,000 & £25 million but they have delivered schemes of larger values.

The Role

Our client is actively recruiting an Estimator/Senior Estimator to join the business and work on a range of tenders. The candidate will ideally have a strong track record and have experience of putting together a tender from 1st principles.

Roles & Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

* This role will be focused of advising, preparing, and winning new tenders for the business.

* This will require you to manage robust and long-term relationships with clients and internal teams in line with the general strategy.

* You will need to assist as well as manage the production of tender documents, attend pre-tender, and post tender interviews and provide data as requested.

* Identify labour, material, and time requirements by studying proposals, specifications, and other related documents.

* Compute costs by analysing labour, material, and time requirements.

* Resolve discrepancies by collecting and analysing information.

* Prepares special reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing information and trends.

* Maintain cost data base by entering and backing up data.

* Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as and when needed.

* Organise sub-contractors’ quotations, negotiate to ensure quotes meet contract documents and issue proper documented purchase orders.

* Provide and maintain unit pricing and database for material and labour costing.

* Analyse drawings and specifications.

* Understand contractual terms and conditions.

Ideally, we are looking for candidates with these attributes:

* Experience working for a main contractor

* A strong track record of producing working winning tenders.

* Degree qualified or relevant construction qualification

* Ability to work in a collaborative environment.

* Dedicated individual that has a ‘hands on’ approach and the ability to work off their own initiative