Senior Electrical Estimator

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What you will be doing:

An opportunity has arisen for an Senior Electrical Estimator to join the team at Galliford Try.

As an Senior Electrical Estimator you will support the business through the submission of accurate and competitive tenders to satisfy the clients requirements and to ensure the Company secures adequate new business to achieve targeted turnover and profit levels with appropriate year on year growth. Primarily working as part of a versatile and experienced team on infrastructure / non-infrastructure Clean Water, Wastewater and Sludge Treatment projects.

Galliford Try have Frameworks in all of the UK Water PLC’s with a good, long term pipeline of work into AMP 8.

You will:

• Inputting a tender win strategy for each individual tender.
• Actively engage, and develop long term relationships with, key supply chain organisations.
• Identify opportunities for margin growth, identify and analyse risks and produce the associated risk register.
• Participate in post tender interviews, presentations and negotiations with clients and ensure the successful handover to delivery teams following award.
• Developing innovative approaches where appropriate to differentiate the bid from competitors.
• Collate targeted feedback on successful projects and provide advice for future tenders.
• Prepare site preliminary cost estimates in accordance with the current Company trading requirements.
• Prepare submission documents in line with the bid and corporate requirement.
• Attend tender settlement meetings ensuring all relevant cost information is available for presentation and complete the tender as instructed.
• Provide informal and formal support and guidance to other members of the estimating team.
• Responsible for completing PDR’s for all direct reports.

About You:

• Highly motivated and enthusiastic self-starter.
• Extensive experience of estimating from first principals.
• Knowledge of estimating process utilising a computerised analytical estimating system. (CANDY preferable but not essential)
• Ability to challenge team constructively.
• Strong commercial acumen and good analytical skills.
• Full understanding of Conditions of Contract
• Clean Water, Wastewater and Sludge Treatment experience preferred.
• Fully conversant with Load Schedules, Single Line Diagrams, Interconnection Diagrams.
• Full understanding of Form 2 and Form 4 - Motor Control Centres and LV Distribution Panels.
• Full understanding of Systems Architecture Drawings and to specific PLC/HMI and Fibre Optic Network requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in risk management techniques.
• High level of commercial awareness and technical knowledge.
• Aware of individual Health and Safety responsibilities and adheres to company health and safety policy and procedures.
• Track record of success in supporting a major contract or Business Unit and/or providing support to a professional function.
• Able to demonstrate alignment and work in line with the Galliford Try values:
  Excellence, Passion, Integrity and Collaboration.
• Proven Estimating experience including schedule of rates bottom up estimating and cost curves.
• Likely to be educated to Degree level or equivalent.
• Fully conversant with the Microsoft suite of packages, e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Able to demonstrate relevant managerial and/or technical experience at a senior level.

What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.

With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed,…