Estimator - Civils

**Senior Estimator - Civils & Construction**

Salary/Rate:
**£50,000 - £65,000 + Company Car + Fuel Card**

**Location**:
**Carlisle**

Company

**Hunter Mason Consulting Ltd**

**Responsibilities**:

- Manage all aspects of the tender from receipt, through to submission and post tender queries;
- Analyse the tender documents to understand the key project requirements and clients aspirations and attend pre-qualification, mid tender and post tender interviews
- Review all tender documents to fully understand the key project risks and opportunities
- Seek specialist support from the wider team in relation to the projects insurance requirements, commercial terms, complex temporary works or other specialist technical aspects;
- Undertake take offs and prepare material enquiries from tender drawings/ works information and specifications;
- Identify requirement for Bills of Quantities to be prepared and arrange for them to be undertaken;
- Prepare Sub-Contractor enquiries from tender drawings, works information and specifications making sure that appropriate levels of risk transfer are included in subcontractor enquiries;
- Highlight requirement for external design to be undertaken by Structural Engineer or Architect;
- Ensure ‘Causeway’ estimating package is updated with current rates for plant hire rates and buying information;
- Carry out site visits to determine nature of works;
- Estimate labour, plant, material, and time requirements in order to be able to compute the overall tender cost of the project;
- Keep detailed records and maintaining well-organised work schedules;
- Pro-actively source alternative buying options, creating a robust buying guide to enable accurate quotations

**Essential attributes**:

- Have significant technical expertise and knowledge of Construction Estimating;
- Commercially aware and capable to carry out financial analysis;
- Excellent communication, people skills and ability to communicate at all levels both verbally and in writing;
- Be flexible and resilient to meet the needs to the business;
- Able to work on multiple tenders at the same time by prioritising workload;
- Ensure that communication between all parties is open and honest;
- Demonstrate and encourage a no-blame culture to ensure review and continuous improvement;
- Understand, demonstrate and buy in to the company values of Quality, Sustainable, Responsive and Pride;
- Demonstrate the highest standards of professionalism and customer service when representing the business;
- Be a strong negotiator and understand the importance of achieving a win-win outcome;
- Maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues, suppliers, sub-contractors and Clients;
- Be computer literate, ideally have extensive experience of Causeway or similar estimating packages;
**Why you should work here**
- £50,000 - £65,000 Annual Salary (DOE)
- Company Vehicle
- Fuel Card
- BUPA Health Cover
- 24 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £50,000.00-£65,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company car

Work Location: In person