Estimator Highways

Role Purpose:

• Supporting the Managing & Senior Estimators to develop estimates from 1st Principles associated with the civil portions of multi disciplined Highways Projects across various stages of the estimate.
• Be a member of the team developing the price.
• Support more senior members of the team to present, negotiate and justify prices produced in an open and honest manner to both senior leaders within the business and/or external customers/partners.

As an Estimator, you will have the following Key Responsibilities.

• Undertake estimates in accordance with the companies’ policies and procedures.
• Review customer’s drawings and specifications to prepare accurate costing sheets for materials, labour and equipment
• Oversee and/or interrogate design options and ‘value’ solutions, and if appropriate, identify the attractiveness of a project based on sound estimating principles.
• Record assumptions and identify risks and opportunities including supporting developing the risk evaluation from a pricing/budgetary point of view.
• Liaise with members of the project team & supply chain to develop and understand methodologies and principles proposed.

DIMENSIONS ORGANISATIONAL:

You will work within a multi-disciplinary team reporting to the Asset Management Leads and Commercial Manager.

INTERFACES Key internal and external stakeholders that the role interacts with

Interfacing with Internal: Senior Leaders, Portion Lead, Project Directors, Design & Engineering lead and associated teams, Commercial Director and associated teams including Procurement, Planning Leads and associated teams, subject matter experts and technical writers/bid teams, other members of estimating team,

External: Alliance partners, Customers, Designers, Supply Chain, Sub-contractors, Cost Consultants, Auditors

ACCOUNTABILITIES • Take the lead on small/medium size bids to ensure that tender deliverables are produced in a timely and effective manner.

• Support and/or interrogate design options and ‘value’ solutions, and if appropriate, identify the attractiveness of a project based on sound estimating principles. Activities to include:

Review drawings and specifications to prepare accurate costing sheets for materials, labour and equipment

Ensure compliance with the company’s procedures, including pre-construction gate process

Review tender documents and submission requirements, ensuring all financial information is identified and provided and accurate compliant design proposals are included

Establish and agree key rates

Agree with engineering and planning key methods, outputs and plant selection

Detailed analysis of subcontractors’ analysis

EXPERIENCE

• Infrastructure Main Contractor background
• Previous experience in an estimating role, Commercial or operational background considered.
• Working towards or chartered with a relevant industry recognised chartership e.g., ICE, CICES, RICS, CIOB Etc (desirable).
• Experienced estimating background using Candy Estimating Software.
• Good financial acumen with an ability to analyse complex data and documentation accurately.
• Proficient in general IT applications e.g. Word and Excel Microsoft office
• Experience of preparing estimates with a range if information from detailed construction

info, through to feasibility study level information

Demonstrate experience, civil engineering preferable highways schemes

Degree or HNC Civil Engineering/QS