Estimator

1 month ago

Urmston UK, Manchester, United Kingdom Dalkia UK Full time

There is a 6 month full time contract for an Estimator to join Dalkia Facilities Services in our Manchester office. You will produce the pre-contract cost estimates for tenders, for delivery by our inhouse engineering team. This will include overseeing the scoping, specification and tendering of works.

Hours of work:

Monday to Friday office hours.

Responsibilities:

· 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 Ensure tenders are effectively produced - enquiries are sent to 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.

· Contribute to effective team collaboration within the wider business, communicating regularly with operations and commercial teams.

· Link in with the Quantity Surveying & Procurement teams to provide updates/acknowledgement of market trends & prices

· 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.

Requirements:

· A background in cost estimating on M&E building services installations.

· Able to produce competitive tender pricing for an inhouse engineering team

· Preferably a member of a recognized body (CIOB/RICS)

· Knowledge of relevant costing standards/systems/platforms e.g. SPONS, BCIS etc

· Track record of delivering cost control and commercial service to projects

· IT literate and proficient in MS Office with competence in using Excel

· Strong commercial knowledge and excellent problem-solving skills

· Working knowledge of various forms of construction contracts, e.g. JCT, NEC.

· Understanding of current building safety & compliance and health and safety regulations including CDM and duty holder responsibilities

· Excellent written and verbal skills

· Self-starter and proactive, with the ability to work independently

· Full, clean driving licence

· Benefits

  • Full induction, training and uniform

· 25 days holiday

· Holiday purchase scheme

· Birthday holiday

· Health care

· Pension

· Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

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