Estimator​/ Senior Estimator

Bristol, United Kingdom | Posted on 12/08/2024

Willmott Dixon are looking to recruit a Estimator/Senior Estimator to join our Wales & West region working out of our Bristol office. Whilst your base will be in Bristol, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way with 1 day a week working from home.

Reporting to the Principal Estimator, the successful candidate will work as part of our pre-construction team to manage commercial activities with a high degree of acumen whilst identifying opportunities to add value throughout the project process.

Key responsibilities of a Senior Estimator are:

• To manage commercial activities with a high degree of acumen.
• To identify opportunities to add value throughout the project process.
• To identify risks and input into project risk register.
• To price selected trades from first principles.
• To lead the supply chain enquiry process.
• To produce a detailed control document at handover to delivery team.
• To conduct their role in a way which is consistent with the company's sustainability objectives.
• To complete project take – offs
• To lead and prepare the complete commercial and pricing element of a tender or cost plan.
• To prepare whole life costing analysis
• To prepare preconstruction element of the project waste management plan
• To constantly reinforce and deliver our customer first ethic through successful bid and personal performance.

• Successful delivery of tenders on a wide range of tenders
• Have experience of various construction methods
• Experience of controlling costs, timing and quality in line with targets
• Experience of reading and accurately interpreting drawings and technical specifications
• Good standard of mathematical ability
• Experience of taking off quantities up to SMM 7
• Working towards MCIOB/RICS

Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer.

Benefits:
In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full / heavily discounted private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

• enhanced pension scheme
• full / heavily discounted private medical
• life assurance
• incentive bonus
• car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel
• motoring expenditure allowance (MEA)
• new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme