Assistant Estimator

Industrial, Commercial, Retail Sector

Design & Build

£35,000 - £45,000 + Car Allowance + Package

This is for a main contractor that turn over circa £15m.

Great culture, supply chain and retention rates.

Flat layer management in the business and quick decisions are made based on common sense.

Contracts range from £250k - £3m typically and work is across the country so you will need to work away during the week which will be expensed.

The Role

Key Duties:

*Leading and managing bids (as required).

*Ensuring compliance with RMS Bid Management processes.

*Managing Estimators, Assistant Estimators and Trainee Estimators as required.

*Coach, mentor and assist with training junior staff to support development

*Deliver core services on project bids.

*Input to monthly reporting.

*Meeting all deadlines for bid return dates and as may be otherwise set by management.

*Other duties as may be required by senior management.

Projects:

*Attending and inputting to bid launch meetings.

*Reviewing bid documents and developing a bid strategy to give a competitive edge.

*Producing market competitive, nett cost estimates for bids in line with the RMS.

*Carrying out accurate quantity take-offs for the purposes of estimating - where required.

*Checking externally produced bills of quantities for accuracy.

*Pricing groundworks, drainage, sub-structure, masonry, joinery work and partitions from first principles.

*Preparing and issuing sub-contract and material enquiries.

*Liaise with the procurement department to obtain material quotations.

*Inputting into gateway documents and gateway review meetings.

*Establishing value engineering opportunities.

*Establishing risks and inputting to project risk register.

*Preparing and checking tender letters, technical notes and qualifications for issue.

*Capturing data and preparing benchmarking reports to support bids.

*Ensuring all key estimating data is effectively transferred to the delivery team at handover stage