Estimator - Social Housing Refurbishment Specialist

2 weeks ago

Kent, United Kingdom United Living Group Full time

About the Role

United Living Group is seeking an experienced Estimator to join our expanding team. As a key member of our refurbishment team, you will be responsible for producing competitive tender pricing for refurbishment projects in various market sectors.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure that United Living HSE&Q standards, operating processes, company policies, and all legislative requirements are understood, implemented, and adhered to at all times.
  • Undertake and manage the coordination and final preparation of tender documentation to ensure the best bid solution for the company and ensure an adequate return on the resources employed.
  • Liaise closely with the Commercial and Business Development Teams and maintain a clear view of the Company's strategy and objectives, including bidding and pricing tactics.
  • Assess contract conditions, provide advice on, and quantify the risk to all relevant parties and offer solutions where required.
  • Develop awareness of clients' processes and procedures for bid evaluation.
  • Effectively plan tenders to ensure timely and accurate preparation of tender documentation and pricing information resulting in a quality submission.
  • Ensure tenders are effectively produced - enquiries are sent to the supply chain in a timely manner, supply chain quotations are compared accurately, and ensure compliance; prelim costs are prepared accurately; risks are identified and escalated; constraints are identified, communicated, and managed, etc.
  • Understand local government needs and aspirations, including Best Value and the Audit Commission/Executive Service Inspection.
  • Contribute to effective team collaboration within the wider business, communicating regularly with operations and commercial teams.
  • Prepare tenders from architect's drawings, specifications, bill of quantities, pre-priced schedule of rates supplied by the client, including detailing materials necessary for the contract to achieve specification.
  • Identify project risks, develop, and produce a risk register to assist in the decision-making and cost management process to facilitate calculation of contingency amount.
  • Understand business development and the bidding market place, including competitor environment and market forces (regional variation).
  • Compile and present statistical data for pricing/bid analysis, interpretation, and explanation of data.
  • Understand labour productivity measured as output per worker and output per labour hour, including productivity increasing/improvement techniques.
  • Attend meetings such as handover meetings, design meetings, bid meetings, etc., and assist in preparation of contract mobilisation plans and provide insight into the details of the tender.
  • Ensure tender programmes and specific methods of construction are developed with the technical and operations teams.
  • Support the reactive assessment and selection of products and offerings made by the suppliers for incorporation into commercial bid models.
  • Manage tender process to seek and establish project prices from sub-contractors, including terms for works to be carried out under the contract.
  • Evaluate, engage, and negotiate on price documents, assess for accuracy, and confirm best value on price and service quality.

Requirements

  • Quantity Surveying degree or equivalent.
  • Minimum 3 years Quantity Surveyor or Estimator experience is desirable.
  • Track record of winning profitable work.
  • Good understanding of business development and the bidding market place.
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and keen to extend knowledge on software packages.
  • Good data interrogation skills.
  • Organisation and project management skills, able to prioritise.
  • Working knowledge of marketing and economic factors.
  • Flexible approach to working to meet tender deadlines.
  • Energetic, logical, and methodical.
  • Ability to work on own initiative and well as part of a team.
  • Sound knowledge of building construction/maintenance techniques and materials.
  • Good legal/contractual knowledge.
  • Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
  • Valid driving licence.

About United Living Group

United Living Group is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future.

Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.

We are comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future:

Property Services – We revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods.

Infrastructure Services – Our team of infrastructure specialists design, build, and maintain critical energy and water infrastructure, for the UK's largest network owners and operators.

New Homes - As experienced and specialist new build housing contractors, we create homes and regenerate areas with communities in mind.

Connected - We connect people through fixed-line and wireless telecom infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication and access to information for all.

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