Senior Estimator

**Responsible For**:

- Successful delivery of estimating function.
- Client/Professionals liaison.
- Negotiation.
- Ensuring competitiveness.
- Team leadership.
- Developing contacts/relationships with potential customer base.

**Working Hours**:

- As required to successfully carry out the role but generally between 9.00am and 5.00pm Monday to Thursday 4.00pm Friday.

**Wage Level**:
**Preferred Qualifications**:

- HND/Degree in Building/Quantity Surveying.

**Essential Experience / Skills**:

- Considerable experience Estimating, Fit out projects (5 years).
- Conquest or similar computerised system.
- Microsoft office suite.
- Strong Negotiation, communication & presentation skills.
- A Proactive and organised approach with ability to works on strict deadlines within a fast / dynamic environment.
- Excellent commercial acumen.

**Key Tasks**:

- Pro-active approach to the creation of tender opportunities through existing contacts or by referral.
- Assisting in PQQ submissions where required.
- Assessment of tender documentation.
- Co-ordination of detailed enquiries/assessment of quotations.
- Preparation of pricing schedules/bill of quantities where required.
- Detailed estimating of projects.
- Delivery of estimate and proposals for sum-up leading to tender submissions.
- Post tender involvement on successful projects in association with Contract Managers and Quantity Surveyors along with liaison/negotiation with clients and clients representatives.
- To participate and support all Company initiatives with compliance of procedures and requirements for ISO9001, 14001 & 45001, FSC and Investors in People Standards.
- Good record keeping for reference points on subsequent related projects.
- Follow up - establishing competition and their levels of submission for record purposes.
- Any other duties conducive to the effective operation of the post which the Company deem to be within the post holder’s competence.