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Job Title: Piling Estimator

Salary/Rate: £45,000 - £60,000

Location: Coventry/Chesterfield

Job Type: Permanent

Industry/Specialist Area: Piling

Client Description:

Our client is one of the UK’s largest geotechnical engineering contractors, renowned for providing technically advanced and cost-effective piling and wide-ranging ground engineering solutions. As one of the largest specialist contractors in the industry, they are able to provide clients with a bespoke foundation solution, which is all supported by their state-of-the-art processes and technologies. Their additional offering includes diaphragm walling, ground improvement, ground stabilisation and drilling & grouting.

Job Description:

This challenging and exciting opportunity, requires an individual with a proven estimating or tendering background, coupled with a demonstrable track record within the piling, foundations and ground engineering sectors.

Due to continued growth, a significant increase in workload and a commitment to dedicated growth throughout the UK and Europe our client is now seeking to appoint a talented and dedicated Estimator with extensive experience in the piling, foundations and ground engineering sectors.

The role will be to provide accurate and efficient cost estimates for projects across the UK. The main responsibilities will be to produce complex tenders, bids, proposals and quotations associated with all aspects of a variation of contracts. This will include co-ordination with the client to carry out high level estimates in order to produce a truly engineered solution, whilst ensuring that proposals meet statutory legislation, regulation and client’s key drivers.

The Role

The primary responsibility is to develop accurate and timely estimates, and submit competitive bids and proposals for the company’s clients
Analyse and interpret detailed client requests, drawings and specifications to then determine and estimate truly value-engineered solutions or alternatives to project requirements
Utilise 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 and support the business as a whole to meet their financial targets
Help to identify and develop potential new opportunities for work
Help to identify new suppliers and sub-contractors to improve performance and profit
These are key activities and not a comprehensive list of all duties that you will be expected to carry out, additionally you will need to be flexible and accountable for other areas as workload and business change dictates

The Person

The ideal candidate will be a confident and self-motivated individual with the ability to be innovative, whilst still being able to follow and improve set processes. You must be hard working and possess a proven track record within the piling, foundations or ground engineering sectors. You must also demonstrate the below;

Able to identify the requirements of projects
Accurately prepare quotations considering all costs associated with the delivery of schemes
Provide detailed hand over project files to the operations team to allow for the successful delivery of contracts
Correspond, liaise and negotiate with clients, suppliers, contractors and colleagues
Able to manage situations when workload presents conflicting demands on time availability, thus demonstrating an ability to effectively prioritise and schedule
Able to monitor progress and implement controls to ensure tasks are achieved to time, cost and quality
Develop and select effective solutions to challenges, opportunities and risk
Communicate facts, ideas and proposals to internal and external stakeholders in an effective and persuasive manner
Work with others to develop a wide array of knowledge and skills throughout the team
Deliver efficient and effective client service at all times

An attractive basic salary plus extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity in security of work and forward career progression given the companies drive to overall profitable growth across the UK and Europe.

We are committed to equal opportunities. We wish to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on their suitability for the post irrespective of race, gender, age, disability, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, marital / civil partnership status, religion / belief or nationality.

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