Senior Estimator

We are working with a well-established and highly regarded tier 1 main contractor delivering a diverse portfolio of major construction projects across the UK.

Due to continued growth and a strong £1bn+ pipeline of secured and upcoming work, they are looking to appoint another experienced Senior Estimator / Cost Planner to join their pre-construction team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious estimator ready for the next step up, or already in a Senior position & looking for a new challenge to take a key role within a successful business, working on high-profile projects and contributing to the development of winning commercial strategies.

Senior Estimator / Cost Planner role & responsibilities

• Responsible for setting and establishing the cost planning strategy and timeframes and assessing resource requirements for agreement by Management.
• Ensure that other disciplines such as, Project Management, Procurement, Design Management, Planning, Legal, Insurance, Construction and Commercial Management are providing the appropriate input into the cost planning process.
• Ensure internal governance process is robust with independent input on cost management.
• Present cost plans at Commitment / Business Unit Reviews.
• Able to accurately quantify and price cost plans from Development Briefs / Feasibility stage through to Contract Price with preferred contractor.
• In collaboration with the commercial team, secure market prices for trade packages and analyse same against cost plan allowances. Ability to price on a Labour, Plant and Materials basis from first principles is desirable but not essential.
• Accurate forecasting of current trade rates.
• Preparation, review and analysis of Preliminaries for first and second stage bids including producing standard preliminaries in accordance with the proposed bid strategy. Incorporating implications of :- programming requirements, methodology, phasing, logistics etc.
• Incorporate implications of programming requirements, methodology, phasing etc into cost plans / prelims.
• Take off quantities using information ranging from RIBA Stage 0/1 to RIBA Stage 4.
• Management of external consultants (EQ Bill of Quants Consultancy), including initial engagement, appointment, issue of information, quality control, and ensuring submission and return in line with the programme.
• Negotiate with sub-contractors / assess sub-contractor proposals.
• Manage and input into the developing design in accordance with the cost plan.
• Act early in identifying opportunities to optimise the design to minimise abortive design work.
• Support project teams in the evaluation of commercial risks.
• Stay up to date with the current inflation forecasts and apply these to your project using the inflation calculation templates. Maintain an awareness of the market conditions and published reports effecting inflation to be able to justify the inflation amount included within your cost plan.