Job Description

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Description Estimator/Senior Estimator
Global Main Contractor \xe2\x80\x93 Fit Out, Refurb & New Build
\xc2\xa350,000 - \xc2\xa385,000 (DOE)
Immediate Interviews

Summary:

Our client is a family of project and construction managers, designers, planners, engineers, surveyors, and technical and safety specialists with over 30 years of experience. They uphold core shared values of drive and creativity, putting people at the heart of everything they do. With a diverse and experienced team brimming with new ideas, they are given the freedom to inquire and explore new ways of thinking. The company has recently restructured and is currently turning over just shy of \xc2\xa3100m, with plans to push closer to \xc2\xa3200m within the next 3 years. Given their current job pipeline, this goal is certainly achievable.
Services:

• Fit-Outs - Award-winning projects for world-class companies in the legal, financial services, TMT (technology, media and telecommunications), developers, professional services, non-profit and public sectors across several procurement routes, including Traditional and Detail (Design) & Build.
• Refurbishment \xe2\x80\x93 Managing heavy structural refurbishment and cut-and-carve projects, including those in occupied buildings for clients such as BentalGreenOak, Gaw Capital, Brookfield Properties, J.P. Morgan, Rowan Asset Management, Royal Courts of Justice, Royal College of General Practitioners, and Youthscape.
• Data Centres - London\xe2\x80\x99s largest specialist data centre contractor, supporting the needs of owner-occupied and co-location data centres. Have completed a large number of new build facilities, DC expansions, and engineering infrastructure upgrades for clients which include: Thomson Reuters, Digital Realty, Volta Data Centres, Cisco Systems and Interxion, together with a host of confidential projects for blue chip and financial sector clients.

Sectors:

• Arts & Entertainment
• Broadcast + Media
• Commercial
• Corporate Base Building
• Corrections
• Cultural
• Education & Higher Education
• Financial
• Government
• Healthcare
• Historic
• Hospitality
• Industrial
• Justice + Law
• Life Sciences
• Mission Critical OR Non-Profit
• Public Safety
• R&D Facilities
• Multi-Unit Residential
• Restaurant
• Retail
• Sports & Entertainment
• Technology

Estimator role - Overview & Expectations:

Fantastic opening for an experienced, Standalone Estimator \xe2\x80\x93 Reporting to Head of Estimating/Director. Head office based.

You will be responsible for all Estimating functions of the tender process including supply chain management, commercial and risk management, working closely with the proposal team and Divisional Director responsible for the successful production of the bid.

Key Deliverables:

• To take active responsibility for all Estimating procedures.
• To follow the tender deliverables as laid out within the business tender approach process.
• To take a lead role in the tender adjudication process.
• To actively promote company philosophy and culture.
• Be aware of element costings and costs/ft2.
• Develop and manage the company supply chain, including the introduction and vetting of new subcontractors and suppliers.
• Develop initial project budgets and agree on detailed cost plans with the client or professional team.
• Advise clients on procurement routes available and be aware of the different risk profiles and requirements of different forms of contract.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and work on multiple tenders at any one time.
• Run a risk and opportunities schedule for the tender and qualify our bid as necessary.
• Establish Professional team relationships throughout the tender process.
• Understand contract amendments and risk, insurances, warranties and bond requirements and liaise with selected Insurers where applicable.
• Understand the requirement of Design & Build tenders and the importance of Contractors\' Proposals. Advise and assist with value engineering exercises.
• Advise on the selection of suppliers & subcontractors.
• Monitor the information flow both to and from the business during the tender period.
• Attend internal & external meetings with the proposal team, design team and subcontractors.
• Attend mid-bid and post-tender interviews.
• Provide feedback to subcontractors on completion.
• Internal reporting to line managers including keeping them fully informed of issues and potential risks to the business.
• Seamlessly hand over a completed bid to the successful delivery team and assist as necessary with the initial placing of key packages.

Essential Skills & Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience and able to get stuck in without being micro-managed
• NEC, JCT & D&B Contracts experience
• Proficient in Excel and Sharepoint
• Good communicator with strong commercial acumen.
• Have recognised qualification in a building related subject.
• Be extremely IT literate with good knowledge of Excel and the Conquest software systems.
• Have vast previous experience of successfully carrying out the Estimating role on a variety of projects and experience in different sectors, including commercial fit out, refurbishment, new build and high end residential.
• Gained experience with tender bid issue, review and analysis procedures, preparation and presentation at tender review.
• Good all-round fabric and services package experience.

Relationships with colleagues:

• Act as the lynchpin with the day-to-day running of the tender in terms of subcontractor selection, procurement and analysis of the bids through to tender adjudication and post tender activities.
• Be happy to work closely with the proposal team and project delivery team during the life cycle of the bid.
• Effective communicator with our supply chain.

Award-Winning Projects:

• Facebook, Rathbone Place \xe2\x80\x93 2019 BCO Regional Corporate Workplace Award
• 20 St. James\xe2\x80\x99s Street \xe2\x80\x93 2019 OAS Developers Award
• Havas, HKX \xe2\x80\x93 2018 BCO Regional Fit out of Workplace Award
• (WPP), Sea Containers House \xe2\x80\x93 2017 BCO Regional & National Innovation Award

If you are an experienced Estimator seeking the next exciting opportunity with a renowned global market-leading main contractor, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Bruno Tampo via phone or email.

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