Estimator - Costing Specialist

2 weeks ago

Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Willmott Dixon Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Estimator - Costing Specialist to join our team at Willmott Dixon. As an Estimator, you will play a crucial role in calculating the build cost for our customers, ensuring we deliver the right net cost, on time, and to the highest quality for cost accuracy.

Key Responsibilities
  • Ensure that all costs on the project are in accordance with the project scope, the customer's requirements, and current legislation.
  • Collaborate with the wider preconstruction team to secure and convert tender projects.
  • Create robust accurate cost plans through the various design gateways up to target price.
  • Guide the design team and inform the customer with respect to affordability.
  • Use technical experience to identify opportunities and risks along with solutions to add value.
  • Collaborate with the project team to identify and value alternative design solutions where required and present to the customer for review.
  • Support the design discipline by costing change control items as identified and track through the RIBA Stages.
  • Complete or manage project take–offs to the required level of detail (SMM7/NRM2/building quants).
  • Provide a complete and robust cost information pack during the substantiation process to the commercial build team at handover, to include completed comparisons, bills of quantities, tender book, and quotations.
  • Lead the procurement schedule and build supply chain interaction and relationships.
  • Review the performance of supply chain partners with the operations team.
  • Collaborate with our operations team throughout the preconstruction process to ensure logistics, programmes, and onsite activities and buildability are accounted for in our cost.
  • Collaborate with the design lead to capture and include design fees in the tender summary book (consultants, statutory authorities, surveys, schedules, and the like).
  • Assist in the change control process, identifying design changes between RIBA stages, advising on the impact of the change and approximate cost.
  • Carry out cost assessments on alternative design solutions to inform the final design and project/customer budget.
  • Make customer insight-led and data-driven decisions to provide solutions to customer requirements.
Requirements
  • Good numeracy skills and written and spoken English.
  • 5 GCSEs (A-C Grade) or equivalent, including maths.
  • A BTEC in Building Studies, Building Engineering, or Building Management or a HNC/HND/Degree in Quantity Surveying/Construction Management/Civil Engineering (or equivalent work experience).
  • Minimum relevant level 4 qualification (HNC/NVQ4 etc).
Desirable Criteria
  • Working towards MCIOB / MRICS.
Personal Qualities
  • Lead by example, take responsibility to make things happen, and hold myself accountable for delivering work to the highest standards.
  • Skilled communicator, able to deliver messages effectively and understand others through open and honest conversations.
  • Embrace challenges, learn from setbacks, and consistently seek new ways to make our business more successful.
  • Analytical skills – ability to analyse project specifications and technical documents to accurately estimate cost.
  • Attention to detail – precision in reviewing project details and understanding scope of work and considering all relevant factors that affect cost.
  • Mathematical proficiency – strong mathematical skills are essential for calculations.
  • Resourcefulness – ability to gather and utilise information from multiple sources.
  • Time management – efficiently manage time to meet deadlines and deliver estimated cost on time.

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