Estimator - Social Housing

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Howells Solutions Full time

**Estimator - Social Housing - Planned / Reactive Maintenance
Up to £65K + Benefits
Birmingham based with flexibility to work from Home**

Howells are working with a leading National Contractor to recruit an Estimator to take responsibility for pricing winning planned maintenance / decent homes and reactive maintenance tenders for housing associations, local councils and RSL's.

Working alongside the Bid Team and Business Development team, you will manage the pricing programme on multiple bids, working to the individual timescale required of each bid.

**Estimator Responsibilities**:

- Undertake the preparation of tenders/bids/budget proposals allocated by the Tendering Manager / Estimating Director for presentation to the relevant directors for final settlement.
- Provide all information necessary for inclusion within the written bid submission.
- Liaise with subcontractors/suppliers to obtain competitive/accurate quotations for specialist elements of the works.
- Visit prospective projects to verify information contained within clients contract documentation and obtain any further information required to produce the tender.
- Liaise with the Programme Manager to ensure all necessary information is provided for the production of the final tender programme.
- Attend pre-contract handover meetings, all necessary bid meetings and client meetings as requested throughout the tender process.

**Estimator Experience**:

- You will have a proven track record of producing the commercial pricing for £multi million bid submissions working within Social Housing Planned Maintenance / Decent Homes Markets / Reactive Repairs Markets
- Understanding of various forms of Procurement Process - including 2 stage tenders
- Knowledge of system estimating software
- Highlighting tender risk & opportunities - Practical, Commercial & Contractual
- Preparation of notes and clarifications for tender submissions
- Demonstrate ability in the pricing of tender Preliminaries
- Ability to resource the tender through in-depth experience of Supply Chain capacity
- Stable career history

**Estimator Salary & Benefits**:
You will be working for a modern, forward thinking business; that believes the strengths, skills and personalities of their people are the key to the group's success. This is a permanent, full time role for which you will receive a highly competitive salaryand benefits package. You will be part of a stable business with ambitious growth plans over the next 5 years.

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