Senior Estimator

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Purpose of the Role

1.1. Preparations of detailed and accurate pricing for tenders

1.2. Supporting Clients with pricing support for early contractor involvement projects

2. Guiding Principles

INTEGRITY · Take pride in your work and that of your team members · Understand and support others in the achievement of their own goals. · Encourage a fair culture; empowering and supporting your team or team members to initiate improvements to services by sharing information, questioning constructively, providing honest and open feedback. · Listen carefully to others – showing that you respect and value their input. ACCOUNTABILITY · Look for ways to maximise the value of working together by building support, providing focus and given direction to deliver joint outcomes. · Take accountability for your work and own development needs. · Challenge and confront sub-standard performance and recognise good performance. INNOVATION · Design, innovate and influence solutions to best address inefficiencies. · Promote and drive continuous improvement · Balance risk when considering innovative thinking and future possibilities. · Seek to learn from team members for the benefit of your own self-development. DELIVER · Take personal responsibility for delivering services. · Be willing to go the extra mile for your customers. · Pursue a “can-do” attitude in all the work you can deliver. · Learn from and share experiences to ensure improved delivery. · Be visible and accessible to all your team/service members. · Work together with colleagues and customers and take the time to build effective and rational working relationships. · Support others in working together; help each other to develop common focus. · Work well and appreciate people who have different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds. · Customers are both our clients and team members – recognise different perspectives and goals in order to maximise achievement for all parties. SUSTAINABILITY · Work safely to maintain the health of both yourself and others. · Communicate relevant information regularly and effectively. · Take the time to build effective relationships with customers, stakeholders, colleagues and partners. · Embrace change to ensure our business is sustainable

3. Role Accountabilities

3.1. Ensure company governance procedures are followed at all times

3.2. Work in coordination with the Bid Manager to ensure competitive pricing

3.3. Agree methodologies and outputs for key activities with planner and, where appropriate, with Bid Manager / Design Manger

3.4. Provide advice to Bid Manager / Design Manager on most cost effective design options

3.5. Price alternative design solutions

3.6. Procedure competitive price using methodologies and outputs etc to suit conditions/ situations relevant to the scheme.

3.7. Advise Bid Manager of sufficiency of client bill of quantity / activity schedule and arrange for full quantity take off or checking as required.

3.8. Preparing the price estimate for tenders of budget pricing comprising the following aspects:

3.9. Labour

Develop local rates/ build up rates for self-delivered items

Ensure Working Rule Agreement (and any other specific requirements such as London Living wage) included in labour rates

Prepare scheme specific labour rate calculation where required.

3.10. Plant

Develop local rates/ build up rates for self-delivered items

Liaise with Planner to reconcile plant resource levels

3.11. Materials

Comparison sheet for materials considering unit rate (conversation factors), wastage, waiting times and part loads etc.

Liaise with procurement to determine appropriate selection of suppliers to send enquiries to.

Liaise with procurement to determine the sufficiency and compliance of supplier quotations

Liaise with procurement and agree on the selection of supplier quotations to be used in the estimate

3.12. Subcontracts

Liaise with procurement & bid team to determine appropriate selection of subcontractors to send enquires to

Liaise with procurement to determine sufficiency and compliance of subcontractor quotations

Preparation of comparation sheet for subcontractors details additions/ deletions from quoted rates

Liaise with procurement and bid manager and agree on the selection of the subcontractor to be used in the estimate.

3.13. Temporary Works

Liaise with Planner / Technical Services / Temporary Works Coordinator to agree extent and nature of temporary works.

Agree costs of temporary works with temporary works coordinator.

3.14. Staff

Agree staffing levels and procedure staff programme with Bid Manager and Operations Lead

Use currently weekly staff rated to price staff

Agree shift patterns and overtime rates with operations lead for out of normal hours working - note these need to comply with working time directive/ NR Fatigue guidance

3.15. Preliminaries

Liaise with Planner to determine overall duration of preliminaries

Coordinate and liaise with Bid Manager to ensure all aspects of clients requirements included as necessary (CCS/CEEQUAL etc).

3.16. Risk

Input with Bid Manager and tender risk manager into tender risk/ opportunity register

3.17. Final Settlement and submission

Procedure top-sheet tender summary in current internal format and associated back up sheets

Present Pricing build up at pre-settlement and settlement meetings

Prepare adjustments sheets in coordination with Bid Manager to reflect settlement adjustments

Prepare final pricing documentation for inclusion with tender submission – where possible ensuring pricing maintains a positive cash flow throughout the project

Coordinate with Bid Manager for the production of the form of tender/ Contract Data Part 2 as required

Liase with Bid Manager and address any post tender clarifications/amendments issued by the client

3.18. Handover (for successful bids)

Prepare handover pricing document for issue to Project Manager and Commercial Manager

Attend handover meeting with Bid Manager

3.19. Review (for unsuccessful bids)

Coordinate with Bid Manager to review feedback on tender price (where provided) for future tenders.

4. Additional Duties

4.1. As agreed with Head of Bid Management

4.2. Any other duties consistent with your status and seniority, as necessary to meet the needs of the Business of the Company.

4.3. Carry out duties for collaborative working in line with the internal UK Procedure for Collaborative Working and the JRMP (Joint Relationship Management Plan)

5. Key Safety Responsibilities

5.1. Please see separate individual responsibilities for Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental (HSQE) matters attached.

6. Required Project knowledge

6.1. Sound knowledge of civil engineering and construction techniques

6.2. Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation

6.3. Commercial awareness of different forms of contract

6.4. Sound knowledge of the internal governance and procedural requirements for work winning.

6.5. Detailed knowledge of estimating software packages

7. Authority Limits

7.1. As per internal company policy