Estimator / Senior Estimator

Estimator OR Senior Estimator Heage, Derbyshire £50,000 - £70,000 + £5,500 Car Allowance + Private Healthcare + Bonus + 6% Pension (increases 1% every 3 years) + Phone/Laptop + 26 days holiday and BH (increases 1 day every 3 years) Glenigans recently reported this business as a Top 10 Contractor in the UK. They're a £1bn turnover group. This vacancy would be working for an interesting division of the business that turnover £80m in some incredibly profitable sectors. Their business is split into Minor and Major Works departments. The current turnover is at £70m and they work across education, fit-out, retail, industrial, leisure, hospitality and healthcare sectors across the country following their clients. They invest heavily into their commercial departments across the group. This office has 3 Surveyors and a Senior Surveyor. Your role would be shadowing the Senior Surveyor in the first instance. With a particular immediate focus on new-build leisure centres for David Lloyds. Key Duties: *Leading and managing bids (as required). *Ensuring compliance with RMS Bid Management processes. *Managing Estimators, Assistant Estimators and Trainee Estimators as required. *Coach, mentor and assist with training junior staff to support development *Deliver core services on project bids. *Input to monthly reporting. *Meeting all deadlines for bid return dates and as may be otherwise set by management. *Other duties as may be required by senior management. Projects: *Attending and inputting to bid launch meetings. *Reviewing bid documents and developing a bid strategy to give a competitive edge. *Producing market competitive, nett cost estimates for bids in line with the RMS. *Carrying out accurate quantity take-offs for the purposes of estimating - where required. *Checking externally produced bills of quantities for accuracy. *Pricing groundworks, drainage, sub-structure, masonry, joinery work and partitions from first principles. *Preparing and issuing sub-contract and material enquiries. *Liaise with the procurement department to obtain material quotations. *Inputting into gateway documents and gateway review meetings. *Establishing value engineering opportunities. *Establishing risks and inputting to project risk register. *Preparing and checking tender letters, technical notes and qualifications for issue. *Capturing data and preparing benchmarking reports to support bids. *Ensuring all key estimating data is effectively transferred to the delivery team at handover stage