Estimator

Construction Estimator Permanent Location: Glasgow Salary: £45,000 - £60,000 DOE + benefits package Ref: GR1572 Gibson Recruitment Limited Your New Company: We have been engaged by a reputable contractor who, due to a period of sustained growth, have a requirement for an experienced Estimator to join their Glasgow-based team on a permanent basis.

The business typically acts as Main Contractor to deliver a wide range of construction services. Your New Role: To provide estimating expertise and leadership to compile a compliant tender bid. Collaborate with operational teams to establish programme and prelim elements as well as agreeing early win strategies to enhance our win rate.

Your primary function will include engaging new and existing supply chain members to ensure we establish best market quotations and to cost up our own internal elements through first principal estimating as well as reviewing historical rates and pricing strategies.

Daily duties include diligently maintaining good progress to meet tender deadlines by timeous issue of subcontractor and supplier enquiries and responses as listed below. To act, and to ensure all those within your control act, professionally to protect and maintain the good standing of the Company within the industry and its clients.

Responsibilities

General: To carry out a high-level tender review of tender documentation and prepare a summary report on whether this is a viable project to bid for. To review contract tender information and identify incomplete elements and request details from the client.

To establish bid deliverables and agree win strategies with Management Team as well as utilising Senior Management experience for the tender. Establish whether the tender requires a bill of quantities or a take-off and organise appointing a PQS to carry this out timeously should we not be able to carry this out in-house.

To compile a tender enquiry letter to subcontractors which must include all ITT, preamble, drawings, and specifications as detailed within the tender pack. To ensure tendering contractors are made aware of programme durations.

To review subcontractor quotations and implement analysis of each trade showing best price as well as highlighting contractor qualifications and liaising with subcontractor to remove these exclusions where possible, where not Estimator to apply value to qualification.

To compile a risk register that reflects our bid strategy and price accordingly. In the instance of main contracting mid tender review meetings will be implemented by the Estimator Estimators to carry out daily/weekly review on tender submissions to identify status and enter negotiations to secure the project.

Liaise with Estimating Team regarding business improvements/systems, current market rates and implement change as required. Ensure adminis...

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