Job Title:
Civils Estimator

Location:
Stockport.

Salary / Benefits: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum dependant on level and experience plus comprehensive benefits package and 26 days plus 8 bank holidays

Start Date:
ASAP

Company Information
Working for an award-winning multi-disciplinary civil engineering company with an excellent reputation for delivering major signalling and OLE infrastructure projects nationally.

To be suitable for the position you must have;

• Experienced working with and managing civils, design and steel estimating.
• Career based experience through railway infrastructure projects.
• Experience of working on multidisciplinary rail projects.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office suite including use Excel to record and extract information
• Extensive steel and civil estimating experience and will be verse in steel fabrication principles
• Ability to plan schedule and programme several estimations concurrently
• Excellent analytical, mathematical and commercial skills
• Thorough understanding of Civil Engineering

Although not essential it would also be advantageous if you have;

• Any relevant qualifications in Civil Engineering / Quantity Surveying

Role Information;

• Understand the latest British Standards and be able to produce cohesive bills of quantities (BOQ) drawings, sketches to allow costs to be established and material to be ordered.
• Be able to estimate design costs, drawing time and assist input into production programmes to ensure capacity availability and confirm deadlines can be met.
• Liaise and work with other estimators within the business to produce compliant bids and secure contracts across all business sectors, including piling, civils and building works
• Organise estimates based on full design-build bids, estimate costs associated with labour, equipment and materials.
• Analyse structural steel drawings and specifications.
• Produce high quality written submissions in a timely manner.
• Prepare "take off" materials included in projects.
• Liaise with bidding teams on accurate estimates for upcoming projects and potential estimations for any changes within work bank scope.
• Analyse and report on any potential risk within bid documents.
• Report estimations to internal stakeholders and escalate any potential issues.
• Consult senior management team on current steel trends and pricing
• Communicate with all contractors regarding change of orders or project requirements
• Negotiate effectively with contractors
• Handle all tender queries both internally and externally.
• As you will expect the organisation may change from time to time and you will be expected to meet the operational requirements.

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