Job: Estimator

Area: Dartford

Salary: £60k/65k

Role: Estimator with social housing experience

My clients a leading nationwide property services contractor are currently seeking an experienced senior manager to come on board for there social hosuing reactive maintenance planned and repairs contracts.

We are looking for someone to lead this role in producing competitive tenders and submissions of the highest quality to win work in varying market sectors to support the overall business strategy.

Duties:

* Ensure that HSE&Q standards, operating processes, company policies and all legislative requirements are understood, implemented and adhered to at all times.

* Ensure that the Way of working is complied with and adopted into your daily disciplines.

* Proactively taking a lead in preparing the quantitative aspects of tenders, PQQ and bid submissions. Oversee work completed by other members of the team.

* Actively promote achieving an integrated approach to tender finalisation to ensure best bid solution for the region, working closely with the commercial and operations teams.

* Assess contract conditions, provide advice on and quantify the risk to all relevant parties and offer workable solutions.

* communicating with operations and commercial teams.

* Work closely with the operational and commercial teams to develop and build relationships with the supply chain members, both existing and new.

* Responsible for the development of cost models and predicted life cycle costs across the operation, working closely with the Business Development Team to analyse market benchmarks and internal cost/value data including performance mechanisms.

* Communicate effectively and form relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

* Ensure tenders are produced effectively such as enquiries are sent to supply chain in a timely manner, supply chain quotations are compared efficiently and effectively and ensure compliance, prelim costs are prepared accurately, risks are identified and escalated, constraints are identified and managed.

* Actively participate in the adjudication process, ensuring tenders are accurately prepared and presented as required.

* Attend meetings such as mobilisation meetings, handover meetings, design meetings, bid meetings.

* Ensure tender programmes, design information and methods of construction are developed with the Planning and Technical Teams.

* Develop and improve I.T. systems for tendering.

* Engage with supply chain to gain commitment and 'best solution'.

* Develop systems and procedures within the department with the senior members of the team.

* Maintain and continuously improve commercial awareness.

* Manage all of the People responsibilities for the team including undertaking and monitoring the completion of Performance & Development Reviews, supporting and coaching team members to achieve both individual and business objectives

* Manage all employee related matters, liaising with People Services as necessary

* Undertake continued professional development so as to keep you abreast of developments in the industry and thus keep you effective in your duties. Such activities would normally be undertaken outside normal working hours.

Requirements:

* Relevant Degree or equivalent

* Minimum 5 years Estimator experience is desirable

* Proven track record of winning profitable work

* Good understanding of business development and the bidding market place

* Good legal/contractual knowledge

* Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills

* Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal, presentation, influencing and negotiation skills.

* Proven track record in the development of cost models and predicted life cycle costs.

* Awareness of commercial aspects including standard forms of contracts (NEC, TPC2005, JCT, PPC2000), conflict management and dispute resolution.

* Valid driving licence