Senior Electrical Estimator

**Position: Senior Electrical Estimator**

**Location: Glasgow**

**Salary: Up to £65,000.00 per annum, depending on experience.**

**Benefits: 33 days holiday, Pension and Private Healthcare after 3 months, choice of car allowance or company car**

**Full time and Permanent Position**

We are advertising this Senior Electrical Estimator role on behalf of our client 'City Facilities Management’. City were established in 1985 and the company has grown to become one of the world’s largest privately held, integrated FM companies.
Working in the Glasgow office, the role presents a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Electrical Estimator looking for new challenges within a well-established business with an impressive portfolio of clients.
- You will be able to work on an estimating workload as well as supporting other estimators
- You will show an ability to get the best out of people and utilise resources in innovative ways.
- You will be able to produce reports on current success factors, market knowledge, different ways of working.
- You will be expected to contribute to perpetuating the tender pipeline.
- You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of estimating/ commercial functions within the M&E sector.
- Experience of working with the 'Estimation’ software would be an advantage.
- A working knowledge of the IEE Regulations would be desirable, however, assistance will be provided where necessary.

Main duties and responsibilities will be as follows:

- Negotiate and prepare quotations for works as required in conjunction with the estimating, surveying and procurement procedures.
- Motivating and guiding the estimating team ensuring agreed service levels are achieved whilst performing daily tasks
- **Value engineering**: Alternative Specifications and spec busting revisions. Works with Managers to identify alternative Specification opportunities and provide spec alternative Value Engineering revisions.
- Identification of target price list and maintenance of competitor library.
- Develop key relationships with our merchant and supplier base to generate opportunities for increased revenue growth and value to our customers.
- Work with Head of M&E & Commercial Director on the development of statistical / historical data analysis as required for benchmarking checks and provide sound Market analysis information.
- Overseeing the development and provision of daily/weekly/monthly reports
- Create and facilitates the roll-out of new processes, procedures, guidelines, systems and tools to the team
- Undertake independent 'cold eyes’ review on current ways of working
- Any other ad hoc tasks as required to ensure smooth running of the team
- Reviewing and approving estimates for projects, including the Basis of Estimate (BoE). i.e. the underlying assumptions, methodology, logic and characteristics of an estimate and its construction.
- Undertake risk analysis assessment to determine appropriate contingency levels
- Prepare Basis of Estimate and compile all estimate documentation required for Departmental, Management, and Customer reviews
- Ensure effective written and verbal communication of all critical corporate and operational issues within the department.

This role presents a fast-moving challenge that will exercise your creativity and commercial flair to the full to help develop constructive solutions and secure sufficient work in terms of value and type in order to meet the businesses objectives.
Self-motivated and enthusiastic, you’ll come equipped with a great work ethic; have excellent time management, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

If you have the required background and interest in working for a rapidly expanding business, please forward your up-to-date CV to **Andrew Bridges** at **PDA SEARCH & SELECTION LIMITED**.