Principal Estimator

Description

• Support junior team members with their professional development
• Attend tender price settlement meetings to present and explain estimate and its basis.
• With support from the wider function be the primary lead on a large-scale programme of works
• Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHEQ department.
• Prepares bottom-up estimate using industry/ company norms on an estimating system (Candy)
• Identify tender deliverables required from the Project Designers.
• Attend meetings with clients to plan, promote and negotiate proposals. Record all changes to the tender price required following negotiations.
• Drive best practice throughout the function and into the wider bid structure
• Input to project risk register and attends a project risk meetings
• Evaluate returned quotations from suppliers and where necessary enters into correspondence with suppliers to bring quotations in line with the project specification requirements.
• Review and check contract documentation to ensure it accurately reflects the offer made.
• Attend project start-up meetings and make site visits.
• Attend Tender Handover meetings and prepare tender handover documentation.
• Prepares Bill of Quantities to appropriate methods of measurement.
• Produce enquiry schedules for scope of works & packages required from the tender documentation, drawings and specifications issued.
• Facilitate and manage the successful development of solutions to problems within estimates.
• Prepare commercial submission documentation.
• Helps generate effective feedback on estimates and actual costs with the project teams
• Helps develop the company estimating database.
• As necessary provide support and respond to tender queries made by project team personnel.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent, in a related discipline or experience in field
• Chartered status preferable
• Experienced in bottom up pricing
• Skilled in apprising management and client for the quality and risks of conceptual and detailed estimates
• Preference for good knowledge of Candy estimating software
• Experienced in managing others, including Estimators
• Previous experience as a primary lead on a large-scale programme of works for a Tier 1 contractor

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
• Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
• Above market rate contributory pension scheme
• Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
• Extensive variety in types of work priced
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
• Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance