Estimator

Location – Doncaster

Permanent Position - £40,000 - £45,000 pa (Contract also considerred)

Excellent Benefits package

Our client is an established and experienced railway infrastructure contractor with an excellent track record of successfully delivering projects across the whole of the UK.

With over 70 years in the Rail Industry they are continuing to grow and have earned an excellent reputation for successfully delivery of projects.

You will need:

Essential:

• Previous experience of contracting within the construction or Rail industry
• Strong IT skills and an Analytical approach
• Contractual knowledge and awareness with experience of using estimating packages.
• Knowledge of rail related materials, procedures and standards.
• Excellent negotiation and leadership skills
• Ability to work under pressure to rigid time constraints
• Full clean driving licence
• Construction related qualification

Desired:

• Member of related professional body
• Signalling or P-way experience
• Commercial awareness and negotiating experience
• Presentation skills
• PTS

The Role:

• Produce estimates from first principal of lowest feasible prime cost in accordance with relevant procedures, ITT documents, tender deadlines, and information provided by members of bid team.
• Work with production staff to establish methodology, programme, resource requirements etc.
• Work with Commercial and Procurement staff to identify s/con packages, prepare enquiries, and select suppliers in order to obtain the required number of compliant competitive quotations.
• Where necessary produce programmes to assist in establishing resource requirements.
• Contribute to risk review / assessment process where required.
• Take part in review and handover meetings as required.
• Produce commercial information in the prescribed format and detail to enable commercial delivery team to upload to COINS Valuations.
• Operate within the practice and procedures of the quality system.
• Take due regard of all health and safety issues, both in preparation of tender information and in undertaking of own duties and responsibilities.
• Work with members of bid team to assemble supporting information for tender review and submission.
• Assist as required in post tender negotiations.

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