Mechanical Estimator

7 months ago


Motherwell, United Kingdom Balfour Beatty Full time

**About the role**
**What you'll be doing**
Join us as an Mechanical Estimator and you’ll be supported to take the initiative, grab every opportunity and make big things happen. This will involve:

- Ensuring tenders/Cost Plans are prepared & submitted in accordance with client requirements in terms of content, format and timescales.
- Working as part of a collaborative team during PCSA to achieve client budget, providing accurate cost data and advise around suitable market alternatives to maximise client value.
- Produce accurate, competitive, error free, thorough, well researched tenders / bid proposals in a standard format, whilst maintaining estimating files and records as required complying with Gated Lifecycle, Bid Governance and Audit requirements.
- Provide a pre and post contract estimating service to meet profit, quality and service objectives through communication with the strategy & business development, commercial, operational, procurement, finance, insurance and legal functions, and a clear understanding of clients’ tender requirements.

**Who we're looking for**
Once part of Balfour Beatty, you’ll find plenty of opportunity to explore other business areas and grow your skills. To join us as an Mechanical Estimator, you’ll need:

- Experience in a similar role
- Understanding of Risk & Opportunity analysis
- Educated to degree level or equivalent desirable but not essential
- Good financial acumen with an ability to analyse complex data and documentation accurately
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Familiarisation with Estimation bid software
- Experience in preparation of budget Cost Planning
- Experience of managing Mechanical/Electrical Estimates on projects with M&E values up to circa £50M
- A strong background in various sectors such as Healthcare & Education
- Familiar with bid scope of projects including HV/LV Switchgear, Containment, Lighting, Power, Alarm Systems, CCTV etc
- Experience in working with document storage systems such as Sharepoint, Business Collaborator etc an advantage
- Good financial acumen
- The eye for detail needed to analyse complex data and documentation - and the ability to communicate this clearly
- Experience gained in a similar estimating role
- An understanding of risk and opportunity analysis
- To be proficient in estimating software, such as CANDY
- To value integrity and share our passion for doing the right thing.

**Why work for us**
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
**About us**

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Job Reference: BBUK07341



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