Estimator

Description:

JOB: Estimator

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000

Benefits:

* car allowance £5,800

* private medical

* 25 days holiday, plus an additional company holiday at Christmas

* professional qualifications

* 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

* company events

Our client based in Bournemouth is a leading Construction Company offering a comprehensive service, successfully delivering a wide range of projects across all sectors. They undertake new build and refurbishment works for their clients by traditional, design & build and partnering procurement methods.

An exciting opportunity has now arisen for an enthusiastic, commercially minded Building Estimator to join their team.

THE ROLE OF ESTIMATOR:

Working in close conjunction with the Pre-Construction Manager and other estimators the successful candidate will be undertaking all aspects of pricing up enquiries.

In this role your duties would include:

• Working alongside the Pre-Construction Manager and other Estimators to ensure a complete tender return.
• Processing enquiries from small works up to multi million projects and ensuring these are returned on time and at the right price.
• Using Estimating software to produce detailed estimates that can be used staff throughout the job.
• Visiting potential clients, surveying work, and producing priced schedules so that clear concise documents are available once we win the work, ensuring you have an understanding of client needs / restrictions when visiting.
• Being able to present tender bids for adjudication.
• Producing RFIs from tender information for clients’ professional teams.

ARE YOU AN ESTIMATOR WITH THE FOLLOWING:

• Experienced in the field of construction.
• A HNC or above is desirable but not essential.
• A strong communicator and team player.
• Able to manage a busy workload and several tenders at once.
• Be dynamic, innovative, and able to work on one’s own initiative.
• A strong communicator and team player
• Able to understand 2D and 3D drawings.
• Good working knowledge of SMM7/NRM.
• Knowledge of Causeway estimating software package and Microsoft Project (or similar programmes) would be desirable.

Real Recruitment Solutions is committed to a policy of equal opportunities across all areas of our business and at all stages in the selection process. Acting in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and guidelines given by the REC, we treat everyone equally irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, age, disability, race, ethnic or national origin, religion, political beliefs or membership or non-membership of a Trade Union.

From advertising vacancies, conducting candidate searches, selecting CVs, discussing vacancies and submitting details to clients through to interview preparation and at offer stage, Real Recruitment Solutions ensure that each candidate is assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the relevant duties required by the particular vacancy.

Real Recruitment Solutions place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with this policy and consistently review regulations as laid out by the REC to ensure our policy is updated and relevant across all aspects of recruitment in order to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination