PWS TECHNICAL SERVICES (UK) LTD
Estimator
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Estimator
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, tenders, and bids.
Due to continued growth, 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 ground / geotechnical engineering sector. The role will be to provide accurate and efficient cost estimates for projects throughout the UK.
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 coordinating 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 utilizing 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.
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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 GE contracts.
- Accurately prepare quotations considering all costs associated with the delivery of projects.
- Provide handover files to the Project 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 prioritize and schedule.
- Monitor 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.
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Our Client
Our client is proud to be one of Europe's leading foundations engineering contractors and has earned an enviable reputation for best-in-class innovation and R&D technology. The company actively promotes partnering through all their projects and is committed to achieving continual improvement with the objective of increasing their performance, future opportunities, and making their workplace a platform for employee excellence. Their dedicated teams are involved in a comprehensive ongoing training program designed to ensure they are equipped to meet the changing needs of this exciting industry. Our client is focused on building upon their history and reputation of quality workmanship and timely project completion. The company actively promotes partnering through all their contracts and are committed to achieving continual improvement with the objective of increasing their performance, future opportunities, and making their workplace a platform for employee excellence.
A highly attractive basic salary plus an extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, along with career longevity and forward progression given that our client possesses a significant secured work bank for the long-term future and is firmly committed to sustainable and continued growth over the next 5-10 years.
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