Estimator - Water Projects (Contract)

1 week ago


Hitchin Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Willmott Dixon Group Full time

Our office is in Hitchin and we deliver projects across multiple sectors within west, east and north London, the northern home counties and East Anglia. This is a hybrid role.
The Principal Estimator will lead and take ownership to deliver a build cost for our customers on one or more high value projects, ensuring we propose the right net cost, on time, and to the highest quality for cost accuracy. You will collaborate with our wider preconstruction team and supply chain partners to ensure that we provide an accurate cost in line with the project scope and the customer's requirements.
The Principal Estimator will lead and take ownership of the estimating process to contract signing, strategising the procurement/value for money phase to deliver a successful and profitable project. Identify risks and offer workable solutions throughout the project process.
Lead and own the development of a tender procurement strategy to meet the needs of the project, ensuring we have a robust profit plan, supply chain engagement schedule and that agreed design milestones have been taken into account.
Complete or manage project take-offs to the required level of detail up to the level of SMM 7/NRM2 for all trades.
Provide a complete and detailed cost information package during the substantiation process to the commercial build team at handover to include completed comparisons, bills of quantities, tender book and quotations.
Collaborate with the production team throughout the project to ensure that logistics, programmes, sequencing and buildability activities are accounted for during substantiation.
Review performance of supply chain partners with the site team.
Review and ensure that all design/survey fees (including CDPs) are captured within the proposed costs.
Controlling costs, timing and quality in line with targets
Proactively identifying opportunities to add value throughout the project process
Good demonstrable standard of written and spoken English.
Appropriate CSCS card. 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.
delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Willmott Dixon was awarded 5th place in the Sunday Times Best Companies Top 100 (2020) to work for, the Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2021 and is the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.
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