Estimator - Civils - Surrey

Estimator (Civils)

Salary:  to £85k + Package + bonus

Based:  Surrey (GU15)

About the Client:

An Estimator role has become available with one of the Worlds leading specialist engineering contractors.  In the UK, they have been involved in some of the most iconic, complex and award winning projects in the last 30 years operating within a JV or offering their expertise as a Tier 2 contractor.  They are looking for the suitable Estimator to join the team and focus on major projects, will be anything from £25m upwards

About The Role:

The suitable Estimator will have experience in building a bid from first principles up.

Duties will include the following:

• As part of business development department, helping with bids for new contracts, preparing and submitting quotations for work.
• Close collaboration with technical team and other members of the tender team to undertake a cost estimate of the different work packages (cost direct) and associated preliminaries
• Coordinating other estimators as required
• Researching materials, equipment and labour costs.
• Getting in contact with, and gathering quotes from, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Contribution to Project risk assessment, estimating cost associated to all risk items and indicating the levels of risk associated to each work packages arising from the cost estimate exercise
• Preparation of the top sheet and presentation in the Board meetings
• Between tenders, maintain regular contact with company’s supply chain, analyse company data and build and update database of production rates, exchange rates and prices, and monitor projects delivery to ensure alignment between database and actual project delivery results

About You:

• Strong client interfacing skills, as well as inter-company
• Strong numerical and data analysis skills
• Able to deliver under tight timeframes
• Personable and team player approach
• Structured career history with a UK based civils contractor

Please contact Michael Nordoff on 07816 841480 or M.Nordoff@calco.co.uk