Estimator - Remote Working in Grantham, Lincolnshire

Job Description The successful candidate will be joining one of the largest family run construction business' dealing with a diverse range of interesting and challenging projects across multiple sectors. \You will have excellent communication skills, both verbally and written, and you will need to hold a clean driving license. n Experience from leading Commercial, MOD, Education and Healthcare projects would be ideal but not essential. Further guidance and training will be given by our senior team. \n This role would be suited to an intermediate estimator looking of his next move with a financially secure and stable organisation which is expanding and developing into new regions. Alternatively this would also suit an experienced estimator who is looking to move us and join a larger company and share their experience with a developing estimating team, and to develop a career with forward thinking business who aim to promote from within. \n The Estimator Role:- \n \n Producing cost plans from RIBA stage 0 (elementally on historic data) to stage 3 (fully measured and rated). n Taking-off from drawings using Autodesk Design Review to produce detailed cost plans and quantity checks on the produced BQs \n Leading the tender enquiry process \n Allocation of elemental BQ items into works packages \n Subcontractor comparisons & identifying scope gaps \n Working with the supply chain to provide value engineering options \n Pricing of site preliminaries \n Providing information on key risks and opportunities at tender settlement \n Using BCIS data to elementally benchmark, TPIs for inflation forecasting & rebasing with location factorisation \n Pricing competitive tenders under the direction of the estimating director \n Reviewing contract and other commercial data \n Attending client meetings \n Presenting tender information to project teams \n Reviewing tender documents prior to pricing and completing ‘Enquiry Checklist' to determine pricing level \n Taking off groundwork's packages \n Completing ‘Risk and Opportunity' Registers \n Liaising with buying department to obtain material quotations \n Pricing groundworks on Labour, Plant and Materials basis for Pre-Construction Managers review \n Tender adjudication with Commercial Director \n Pricing variations and additions \n Creating material lists and obtaining and comparing quotations \n Conducting site visits \n \n Key skills required: \n \n Good organisation skills \n Computer skills - need to be proficient on Microsoft Office packages (preferably with experience of the 2010 suite - Word, Excel, Outlook). Experience with Conquest and Excel estimating software is desired. \n Excellent spoken and written English \n A good, clear telephone manner is essential as there will be client interface during the course of the daily works, including Teams meetings. \