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Job Title: Estimator

Salary/Rate: £60,000 - £90,000

Location: London

Job Type: Permanent

Industry/Specialist Area: Ground Engineering

Client Description:

Our client is proud to be one of the world’s leading specialist contractors, and has earned an enviable reputation for best-in-class innovation and R&D technology, combined with the successful delivery of many of the industry’s most significant and recognised major projects. The company actively promotes partnering through all of their projects and is committed to achieving continual improvement with the objective of increasing their performance, future opportunities and making their workplace a platform for employee excellence. Their dedicated teams are involved in a comprehensive ongoing training programme designed to ensure they are equipped to meet the changing needs of this exciting industry. Our client is focused on building upon their history and reputation of quality workmanship and timely project completion.

Job Description:

Estimator

This challenging and exciting opportunity requires an individual with a strong technical background and demonstrable experience in the management and successful submission of competitive and winning bids and tenders from within any area of the ground engineering, piling or foundations sectors.

Due to the ongoing commitment of sustained growth a continued dedication to remain at the forefront of the industry, our client now wishes to strengthen their pre-contracts team with the appointment of an experienced Estimator to support the submission of innovative proposals for the company’s major projects, contracts and frameworks. Your primary responsibility is to lead and manage the development of accurate and timely project bids and submit competitive proposals for the company’s clients. You will be the main interface for all project bidding activity and operate as a senior member of the management team

The Role

Determine and propose alternatives to plans and specifications in order to demonstrate to clients a true commitment to value engineering
Enhance the current project tendering process to improve the company’s ability to win work
Lead and contribute towards pre and post tender bid meetings with clients and their representatives in the pursuit of securing work
Grow the capacity of the supply chain to diversify the company’s capability for delivery of complex solutions and to achieve best value
Ensure appropriate follow through to understand the status of bids post submission, until opportunities are either awarded or closed
Ensure contractual requirements are reflected into bids and form part of the handover process with operational teams upon project award
Formulate an early view of the intended delivery team and work alongside them to upskill the understanding of submissions with plans and programmes flowing through to delivery and avoiding a transactional handover, ultimately to ensure any bids are fit for construction
Assist the pre-contracts teams to meet their financial targets, thus allowing the business to achieve its growth objectives
Develop and maintain effective key client and supplier relationships, all in the pursuit of securing projects
Ensure you meet current and future work pipeline demands
Create a handover culture aimed at ensuring successful operational delivery
Tailor standard ITT’s and PQQ’s to submit bespoke, proposals, bids and quotations to clients

The Person

A proven track record of successful tender management and delivery at a comparable level of seniority within any area of the aforementioned sectors
Able to self-motivate and motivate others working as part of a close and successful team
Understanding of the importance of input to work winning and pre-contract discussions with clients, and their professional advisors
Willingness to embrace new technology, change and advanced ways of working
Team, client, and quality focused
An instinct for establishing winning and competitive bids, tenders and proposals

A highly attractive salary and package are on offer, along with longevity, security and continuation of work for the successful candidate, given the company’s significant forward order workload, and their continued commitment to sustainable and profitable growth.

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