Senior Electrical Estimator

If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further!

Aureos are seeking a Senior Electrical Estimator to work with us at Bristol, Exeter, Portsmouth, Swindon / Hybrid.

At Aureos, our people are central to our success. We are dedicated tomaintaininga professional, supportive workplace where employees can perform at their best and contribute to the ongoing success of the business.

The Successful Candidate Will Be Responsible For The Following

In this role, you'll develop accurate estimates and manage bids for a mix of both pre-designed and design and build projects, including large and more complex major schemes ensuring that all client requirements and technical issues are fully considered. You'll also hold responsibility for option appraisals and identifying and applying alternative solutions to enhance bid profitability and the delivery of value engineering.

You'll prioritise and manage your own workload, maintain accurate records of tenders submitted while interfacing with the Lead Estimator, Operational Teams and our Work Winning / Procurement teams. This will be completed with the objective of ensuring accuracy, best value and competitiveness of estimate and accommodation of the supply chain critical path.

Your role will involve;

• Providing accurate take offs and maintaining a high level of competency when preparing prime cost estimates.
• Developing Value Engineering Proposals and providing innovation where applicable.
• Competently using Trimble Contract Master for preparing estimates.
• Managing client and key stakeholder requests in a professional and timely manner.
• Undertaking site visits to understand the project requirements

What do I need to be successful in the role?

We are looking for you to bring your ability to prepare Schedule of Rates, "take off" quantities from drawings or bill of quantities, and have previous experience within an HV environment.

You'll also have strong commercial and business awareness to enable you to identify and recommend appropriate bid proposals that meet the client needs. Therefore, you must be highly motivated and accurate, as attention to detail is vital, as is excellent Math’s and IT skills.

In addition, you’ll possess a proven track record for securing works within the marketplace having a technical knowledge of and covering a broad scope of works inclusive of:

• Knowledge of various HV installations including Transformers, Switchgear Protection and Controls centred mainly around 11kV but also ideally 33kV.
• HV Infrastructure upgrades / new installations.
• Cable installation and jointing works.
• Building Services
• Civils works - understanding of trenching, backfilling, plant and equipment requirements for projects and accurate vetting of quotations from supply chain partners.
• Staff Management and Delivery team requirements on site.
• Testing & Commissioning
• Ideally have design and build capability with the ability to evaluate design scope gaps on tenders.

Due to the level of mobility required in this role, a full UK driving license is essential.

In return you will receive:

• Generous Salary
• 25 days Holiday plus Bank Holiday
• Pension
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Assistanceand wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee benefits portal
• On-site parking
• Referral Scheme

Equal Opportunities

Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.