Senior Estimator

3 days ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom AmcoGiffen Full time

Civil Engineering (Rail and Non-Rail infrastructure)

Location - Cumbernauld

(Scotland)

An exciting opportunity for a civil engineering 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 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 - can this lack of information be useful to us at contract stage? It may be better to leave the lack of information un-clarified.

Produce quantity take-offs from tender information/drawings using either traditional methods or Causeway/similar software.

Regularly back-up/save work, in a secure manner, to ensure no data loss exceeds a couple of hours work.

Preparation, using agreed company format, of Sub-contract & Material enquiry documentation. Forward documentation to Administration Department for formal enquiry issue. Advise on any companies/suppliers who should or should not receive the enquiry.

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 other functions in the department to develop and implement bid winning strategies from early in the tender process.

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.

Check pricing of works by others independently when asked to do so identifying any comp or other errors

Ensure all tender pricing (take offs and tender book) is checked by at minimum the Senior Estimator/Estimating Manager or Bid Manager prior to tender settlement meetings taking place and likewise that any completed pricing documents are checked in the same way prior to tender submissions of any pricing documents.

Liaising with Sub-contractors, suppliers and merchants.

Participate in determining the level of risk associated with the project, identifying mitigating action to be taken.

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.

Provide support, mentoring & guidance to Estimators, Assistant Estimators and anyone else within the department who may require such supp

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