Assistant Estimator

4 days ago

Hitchin, United Kingdom Willmott Dixon Group Full time

**Assistant Estimator**:
**Key responsibilities of an Assistant Estimator are**:

- To manage commercial activities with a high degree of acumen
- To identify opportunities to add value throughout the project process
- To identify risks and input into project risk register
- To price selected trades from first principles
- To complete project take - offs
- To prepare whole life costing analysis
- To prepare preconstruction element of the project waste management plan
- To provide mentor training for junior staff members
- To constantly reinforce and deliver our customer first ethic through successful bid and personal performance
- To provide input into the local sales team
- To manage and prepare complete commercial element of tender

**Essential and Desirable Criteria**:
Essential requirements:

- Track record of assisting with successful delivery of tenders.
- Experience of pricing a variety of construction projects in a wide range of sectors adopting a range of construction techniques.
- Controlling costs, timing and quality in line with targets
- Reading and accurately interpret drawings and technical specifications
- Understanding and appropriately allocate a bills of quantities
- Understanding site requirements in respect of preliminaries items
- Understanding the planning function
- Essential - Minimum relevant level 4 qualification (HNC/NVQ4 etc)

Desirable requirements:

- Construction related degree.

**Benefits**:
In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that givesyou flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes butis not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full / heavily discountedprivate medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which willmake us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles willbenefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access anew generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run carleasing scheme.

**Additional Information**:
Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer.

**About Us**:
Withnearly 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon’s purpose beyond profit is todeliver brilliant buildings, transform lives, strengthen communities, andenhance the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuringthat we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people,innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build asuccessful and trusted privately owned business where our people can thrive. Constructionis changing and we are at the forefront of that change. Pioneering new ways tobuild, innovating the way construction is viewed and establishing ourselves asone of the top employers in any industry. It truly is an amazing company in oneof the most exciting industries with a vast array of professional career paths. Wehold two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise (for Sustainable Development and SocialMobility) and hold numerous people awards, we understand everyone has a uniquepotential and ability to make a difference and succeed; if you want your skillsdeveloped and talent recognised, why not join our business

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