Estimator, Construction, Civil Engineering

Location Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Company Salary £50000 - £70000 per annum

Our Client, a well established construction company based in Dunston is looking to recruit a Estimator to join their team. As the Estimator you will be responsible for preparing and winning profitable work. In this role you will be responsible to the Pre-Construction Director.

• Acting as the principal point of contact
• Establishing and communicating to the bid team the requirements of each tender.
• Liaising with internal and external designers to produce a design sufficiently advanced for pricing.
• Taking off quantities from a set of tender drawings.
• Building up rates for items in a Bill of Quantities using labour, plant and materials.
• Assembling and issuing supply chain enquiries.
• Input into tender stage planning.
• Bringing innovation and value engineering to tenders.
• Liaising with other team members involved in tender preparation to ensure that the suite of tender documents submitted meets or exceeds the Client’s requirements.
• Presenting the tender to the Company Directors for approval to submit.
• Producing final tender documents and submitting to the client.
• Undertaking detailed tender management.
• Working within the Bid team throughout the entire bidding process to enable the Company to secure design and build projects.
• Supporting the development and implementation of the appropriate digital toolsets to execute cost take-off and other estimating activities, such as 5D cost planning.
• Attending or carrying out periodic Tender Health Checks and formal risk reviews to ensure that the identified risks are mitigated as far as possible in tender submissions.
• Ensuring that cost planning and estimating are accurate and reflect the project requirements and risk profile.
• Participating in post-tender negotiations with the Client and their professional team.
• Ensuring detailed handovers are made to the delivery team (including commercial team), as per IP 06, for successful tenders.

• Salary of £50,000 – £70,000 (dependent on experience)
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + birthday off
• Profit share scheme
• Salary sacrifice pension
• Death in service benefit
• Cycle to work scheme
• Fully funded training and development (technical, managerial, safety)

• Relevant qualification to the construction industry (HNC, HND, Degree)

• Relevant qualification to the construction industry (HNC, HND, Degree)

• Analysis of tender documents/contract terms
• BIM-enabled design
• Costing/developing whole life cycle costs
• Developing sub-contract terms and conditions
• Developing a value proposition (cost, durability, low carbon, aesthetic)
• Developing tenders
• Obtaining prices and dealing with variations
• Producing product/service specifications
• Reading technical drawings
• Working to tight deadlines

• Appreciation of how buildings are constructed
• Contract law
• Current and emerging technologies
• IT tools
• Lean methodologies
• Quality assurance
• Typical associate costs
• Understanding of full range of materials and products used (Weights, volumes, dimensions etc)