Project Estimator

Title: Project Estimator
Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: Grangemouth O&P UK

There is an opportunity to join the O&P UK Project Team in the position of Project Estimator. The Project Estimator is responsible for developing multi-discipline estimates across the breadth of the project lifecycle and providing estimating expertise and advice to the business development, study and project teams for projects across the site.

• Project Estimator with experience in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• HNC qualified or equivalent in an engineering discipline.
• Awareness of engineering & field construction practices and materials.
• Knowledge of the range of estimating techniques and the ability to select and apply the most appropriate on a per project basis.
• Able to assess and grade the quality of design information provided for an estimate, supplementing as required by site survey or discussion with project team.
• Ability to create material take-off from design information to generate bill of quantities and with sufficient understanding of industry standards, construction norms and site-specific factors to develop an estimate and recommend contingencies for review.
• A team player with good communication skills.
• Confident presenter to lead the project team through estimate reviews.
  
  Competent writing skills to document estimate and estimate review notes.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• High level of proficiency with IT, expert level with Excel.

• Experience with Microsoft Access Database.
• Able to obtain budget prices from market for materials and equipment for estimates and maintenance of dataset in estimating database.
• Sufficient understanding of NACEI and contract pricing mechanisms to develop meaningful composite labour rate.
• An understanding of probabilistic estimating.
• Experience with industry standard estimating tools.
• Familiarity with petro-chemical industry design and construction standards.