Mechanical Estimator Role - Derby

My client established themselves in the early 1900s's and remains a family run Mechanical Services business and one which operates predominately in the Design & Build sector of the Building Services Industry.

They undertake diverse projects covering various industry sectors, Health, Education, Prisons, Retail and general Commercial Buildings predominately in and around the Midlands but occasionally further afield.

Typical mechanical contract size generally ranges from circa £100k up to £5m.

Qualifications Required

BTEC Building Services ONC / HNC
Minimum 5 GCSE passes - Maths is a mandatory requirement 
Excel / Estimating Software
MS 365 Knowledge

THE JOB - Mechanical Estimator

8am - 5pm, Monday to Friday with a 1hr lunch break.

Role & Responsibilities

Attend sites as and when required to survey works for initial costing purposes
Ability to use Excel is a must as our Estimating package is centred around an in-house developed Excel system although other software packages may be considered moving forwards.
Send out TQ's to Main Contractors / Clients and monitor responses for incorporation into tenders where ambiguities fall between the drawings and specifications provided.
Send out enquiries to suppliers & subcontractors for pricing purposes.
Send out TQ's to Main Contractors / Clients and monitor responses for incorporation into tenders where ambiguities fall between the drawings and specifications provided.
Take off services from drawings and provided equipment schedules where predesigned and send out to supply chain in the market for pricing.
Populate costing sheets Excel based or similar software package including prelims, commissioning, travel, transport or lodging allowances as required. 
A knowledge / understanding of SBEM, Thermal Models, SAP, BRUKL and BREEAM targets to facilitate pulling tenders together is a pre-requisite however not the actual software use.
Internal meetings with the Senior Management for commercial settlement of bids and compliance checks prior to tender submission.
Clear, precise and articulate Tender letter & Contractors Proposal writing is a must complete with clear & unambiguous qualifications.
The successful candidate should have good commercial awareness, be able to satisfy a tender brief however at the same time be able to offer innovation and some added Value Engineering options in order to provide some betterment to our tenders over our competitors.
The successful candidate would be required to attend both mid-tender and post tender client meetings to review scope and costings and occasionally be part of more formal tender presentations (as part of a Team) 
Attend internal staff and Subcontract meetings both precontract & post award to handover to the Contracts Dept.
Provide tender logs and follow up via the Main Contractors & End User Clients for feedback on status and report to senior management on a regular basis.
 
SALARY & PACKAGE

£45,000 - £65,000 per annum (subject to experience)
Annual bonus
Company Car - Optional (For discussion)
Company pension
Company healthcare
On-site parking
Company events

PLEASE CONTACT SEAN HITCHMAN ON (phone number removed) / (url removed)