Estimator / Senior Estimator

6 months ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom AmcoGiffen Full time

**Estimator / Senior Estimator**

**Civil Engineering (Rail and Non-Rail infrastructure)**

**Location - Cumbernauld**

**(Scotland)**

**An exciting opportunity for a civil engineering Estimator or Senior Estimator to join an established and growing Scotland business unit involved in estimating a variety of projects and frameworks in a rail and civil engineering environment. Projects and Frameworks in the region include small works in our Civils Asset Management framework, multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure capital delivery, civils and buildings and non-rail civil engineering infrastructure projects in our Scotland business unit.**

**Business Unit**

A busy and fast paced region involved in a range of projects at pre-contract/tender stage covering rail infrastructure work inclusive of but not limited to civil engineering & building works, Mechanical & Electrical, Electrification & Plant works. AmcoGiffen are dedicated to delivering projects across a variety of sectors with typical works including bridges and footbridges, embankments, station improvements, platforms, tunnels, electrification etc. The team are involved in multi-disciplinary capital delivery projects and maintenance works for civils and buildings infrastructure throughout the Scotland rail network, whether one off tendered projects or projects within our long term maintenance framework / contract agreements with Network Rail.

Schemes can typically include civil engineering infrastructure and building works such as:
under bridges, overbridges and footbridges, tunnels, flood alleviation & repairs, earthworks & embankments and rail platforms and station infrastructure as well as general reactive and planned maintenance works etc.

We currently have a number of live infrastructure projects and long term renewals and maintenance frameworks underway including Civils Asset Management (CAM), Renewals Enhancement Framework (REF) and a Slabtrack framework.

**The Role**

As Estimator or Senior Estimator, the key tasks and responsibilities of your role will include but not be limited to:

- Check Tender Information for completeness and raise potential areas of concern.
- Produce quantity take-offs from tender information/drawings.
- Preparation, using agreed company format, of Sub-contract & Material enquiry documentation. Forward documentation to Administration Department for formal enquiry issue.
- Analysis of Sub-Contracts, supplier and merchant quotations - including “normalisation”
- Analysis of benchmark data from historic projects/norms against the first principles tender build ups where possible.
- Discuss and agree resourcing and works outputs with Planner, Bid Manager and delivery team working on the tender.
- On occasions support the bid team by producing methodologies for works delivery to go with tender submissions.
- Attend internal Bid Team meetings as required, i.e. tender launch, progress of bid, methodology, programme, risk, resource and programme requirements/aspirations.
- Work closely with the tender team to ensure that the best possible tender is produced.
- Liaise and work with the tender planner to ensure tender programme meets or exceeds the client’s programme/aspirations.
- Preparation of tender/price using “first principal” estimating process.
- Liaising with Sub-contractors, suppliers and merchants.
- Produce a clear & understandable tender book/pricing document for internal adjudication/settlement.
- Preparation of client’s tender pricing document(s) for submission.
- Ensuring tender/price is presented to clients accurately and coherently, and to the commensurate level of detail required.
- Prepare submission for final commercial review by team with senior staff.
- Assist in compiling Client Post Tender clarification responses in a timely manner.
- Handover to commercial team on successful bids.
- Input into the post tender analysis process.

**Requirements**:
To excel in this role, you will have previous experience as an Estimator or Senior Estimator in a civil engineering environment (ideally within rail but other civils project backgrounds will be considered).
- First Principles Estimating experience
- Civil engineering project experience
- Experience as an Estimator or Senior Estimator in a civil engineering and/or rail contractor organisation
- Working knowledge of Excel (& Word) and Estimating software.
- Rail experience would be beneficial but civils experience in other sectors such as highways will be considered.
- Experience in a site based / operational role prior to your Estimating career would be a distinct benefit to the role.

**In return**
- Competitive annual salary negotiable dependant on experience
- Company Car or Car Allowance
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
- Up to 3 volunteer days
- Company contributory Pension scheme
- Life Insurance
- Westfield Health Cash Plan & Westfield Rewards
- Generous Employee referral scheme
- Support and employee infrastructure

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