First Recruitment Group
Lead Estimator - Piping & Structural
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Location: Grimsby
Duration: 12 Month Contract
IR35: Inside (PAYE)
Overview:
Seeking an experienced Estimating Lead to join the fabrication team in Grimsby on a contract basis. The successful candidate will lead a small estimating department responsible for preparing competitive and accurate estimates for structural steelwork and pipework fabrication projects, combining strong technical estimating capability with leadership, commercial awareness and close collaboration with operations and clients.
Role Outline/Responsibilities:
The Lead Estimator is responsible for:
- Leading the estimating function
- Assigning bid packages
- Prioritising workload
- Reporting progress to management
Additional responsibilities include:
- Leading, mentoring and supporting the estimating team to ensure consistency, accuracy and timely submission of bids
- Reviewing tender documentation to identify commercial risks, exclusions and opportunities
- Supporting pricing strategy and bid adjudication with senior management
- Ensuring estimates align with operational capability, execution approach and commercial objectives
- Working with subcontractors to prepare and issue RFQ packages for work not performed internally
- Developing detailed indirect cost estimates for on-site and off-site support activities
- Completing detailed cost calculations including Indirects, direct labour, materials, rentals, subcontracts and equipment
- Determining bid response strategies including schedule approach, execution plan and subcontractor requirements
- Gathering, analysing and inputting and compiling information for negotiated work and submitting required inputs to Operations
- Compiling work packages upon award for shop and site works to enable efficient handover to delivery teams
- Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with clients, subcontractors and suppliers
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The Estimator is responsible for:
- Developing and managing estimate plans across plating as the primary discipline, with support to piping estimates as required
- Contributing to and overseeing the detailed development of the estimates
- Coordinating with other departments and/or offices as required and conducting estimate reviews with senior management
- Preparing and managing estimate/bid packages, ensuring all required documentation is included
- Preparing discipline by discipline quantity take-offs (plating/structural fabrication and installation as primary; piping materials and installation as secondary)
- Attending site walkarounds with the client to fully understand the proposed scope of work
- Working with subcontracts to prepare and distribute subcontractor RFQ packages for work within project scope but not performed internally
- Developing detailed indirect estimates, both on-site and off-site support
- Supporting piping estimating activities as a secondary skill set, including review of isometrics, piping specifications and MTOs to build labour and material pricing
- Determining specific strategies in response to bids including scheduling, execution plan, and subcontractor requirements
- Compiling work packages, upon successful award for shop and site works
Worley is an equal opportunity employer.
Run weekly Estimating meetings to define outstanding actions, new estimates and discuss current bids and work in partnership with fabrication workshop and projects team to discuss upcoming workload.
Reporting into the Customer Solutions Manager you will produce proposal documentation to develop a winning bid for Worley Field Services.
Be responsible for monthly reporting for estimating
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Essential Requirements:
- Experience leading or mentoring estimating personnel, including allocating packages, prioritising workload and reporting progress.
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of fabrication project delivery (shop fabrication and site installation).
- Ability to interpret fabrication isometrics, GA drawings and specifications and translate them into accurate cost estimates.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including supporting bid adjudications with senior management and interfacing with clients.
- Detailed understanding and experience in Plating fabrication activities (primary discipline)
- Excellent Microsoft Office software skills particularly in Excel and Word
- Working knowledge of piping scope and estimating principles (secondary skill set), including interpreting isometrics/piping drawings, specifications and MTOs.
- Experience in reading drawings and specifications and translating them into cost estimates
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and resourceful, with strong interpersonal skills
- Strong time management skills and able to multi-task working on a number of bids.
Desirable:
- Experience in computerized estimating systems
- Understanding of project execution planning and critical path scheduling
- Mechanical and Structural knowledge is beneficial, including piping experience where available.
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