Senior Estimator - Civils

Deanston Cooper ,
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Up to £70 000 plus car / car allowance, pension and healthcare

Overview

Deanston Cooper is currently recruiting for a Senior Estimator to work in the Glasgow office of a national civil engineering contractor, who has a well deserved reputation in the marketplace as being a great place to work Reporting to the Estimating Manager, you will be responsible for processing tenders from receipt to submission, on a range of general civil engineering across Scotland, up to £10 million in value. Duties include: Preparation of accurate and competitive cost estimates for a wide variety of civil engineering projects Reviewing and reporting on the Client’s Enquiry to enable a decision to bid. Preparing subcontract & materials enquiries for administration & buying team. Building up an accurate cost estimates for the permanent works in an elemental and analytical format. Preparing an accurate cost estimate for the indirect resources required to carry out the works in accordance with agreed programme & engineering requirements. Checking labour & plant resources accumulated in the cost estimate balance with those derived from the tender programme. Preparing & presenting the commercial aspects of the tender to the Directors/Senior Managers for adjudication and approval. Prepare the commercial tender for submission to the Client. Managing hand over to the delivery team The successful candidate will be currently working as an Estimator for a rival Civil Engineering contractor and will have progressed their career from Site Engineer level. You will: Have a HNC/HND or Degree qualification in Civil Engineering Be able to work to strict deadlines Be able to work on own initiative Be able to use analytical methods for rate build ups Have good communication skills Have experience of using computer estimating packages