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Job Title: Piling Estimator

Salary/Rate: £60,000 - £70,000

Location: UK or Scandinavia

Job Type: Permanent

Industry/Specialist Area: Ground Engineering

Client Description:

Our client is proud to be one of the world’s leading foundations engineering contractors, and has earned an enviable reputation for best in class innovation and R&D technology, and through the successful delivery of many of the industry’s most significant and recognised major projects.

Job Description:

This challenging and exciting opportunity, requires an individual with a strong technical background and demonstrable experience in taking the responsibility for the production of piling, foundations and ground engineering estimates. It is essential that you must speak fluent Danish, Swedish or Norwegian.

Due to continued growth across the Scandinavian region, and a peak in forward order tender workload demand, our client is now seeking to appoint a talented and motivated Estimator possessing demonstrable experience within the piling, foundations and / or ground / geotechnical engineering sector. It is essential that you must speak fluent Danish, Swedish or Norwegian. You can be based in any of the Scandinavian countries or in the UK.

The role will be to provide accurate and efficient cost estimates for projects throughout the Scandinavian territory. Your main responsibilities will be to produce innovative and competitive tenders, bids, proposals and quotations associated with all aspects of a variation of contracts. This will include co-ordinating with clients to produce a truly bespoke value engineered solution, ensuring that all tenders meet statutory legislation, regulations and client specifications.

The Role

The primary responsibility is to develop accurate and timely estimates, and submit competitive bids and proposals for the company’s clients across the Scandinavian region
Analyse and interpret detailed client requirements, drawings and specifications
Determine and price value-engineered alternatives to plans and specifications utilising all aspects of your expertise to submit bespoke bids and proposals to clients
Attend pre and post tender bid meetings with clients and their representatives
Work under deadline pressures in an efficient, composed and calm manner
Assist the business sector as a whole to meet their financial targets
Help to identify and develop potential new opportunities for work
Help to identify new suppliers or sub-contractors to improve safety, performance and profit

The Person

Able to identify the requirements of assigned projects to efficiently and effectively produce a wide range of tenders and estimates for all piling, foundations and ground engineering contracts
Accurately prepare quotations considering all costs associated with the delivery of projects
Provide detailed hand over project files to the Project Management Team to allow for the successful delivery of contracts
Correspond and negotiate with clients, suppliers, contractors and colleagues
Efficiently manage situations when workload presents conflicting demands on time and availability, demonstrating an ability to effectively prioritise and schedule
Monitor, progress and implement controls to ensure tasks are achieved to time, cost and quality
Develop and select effective solutions to challenging and complex project requirements, taking into account risk and opportunity
Communicate facts, ideas and proposals to all stakeholders (internally and externally) in an effective and persuasive manner
Deliver efficient and effective customer service at all times

A highly attractive basic salary plus extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity of work and forward progression given that our client possesses a significant work bank for the long term future and is firmly committed to growth over the next 5-10 years.

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