The Company:
We’re working with a family run construction company who are financially secure, with a strong pipeline of work. They tend to work on New Build and Refurbishment projects around Greater Manchester and the North West in the Education, Housing and Commercial sectors with both public and private clients. The contractor’s projects range in value from £200k to £10 million.
The Role:
You will be responsible for specific tasks and projects where your responsibilities will include:
With support from the Preconstruction Manager and the other Estimators you will be tasked with receiving tender enquiries and presenting the details to the Directors and agreeing to bid or not, completing the risk register, working with the rest of the pre-con team to meet deadlines, send out and vet subcontract enquiries, conducting site visits, attending tender review meetings, build up the tender through to tender adjudication and settlement. Present the financial elements of the tender in line with the clients’ specification and help with post tender negotiations.
You:
They would ideally like to recruit a Junior Estimator who has 1-2 years experience. However, they would also look at a recent construction graduate who is looking to go into estimating.
Good communication skills.
Great IT skills.
You enjoy working in a small-knit team.
Skills in implementing and using estimating software – Ideally Conquest.
Rewards:
The successful person will receive a good salary and benefits.
They offer a structured and effective training and development programme.
You will be working with a contractor who are well respected, who are members of most of the key regional construction frameworks and are in great financial health so offer a secure future.
They have a low staff turnover as people enjoy working for them so don't tend to move on.