We're looking for a Senior Estimator to join our Building Solutions Team based in the South of the UK .

 

Location:  Southampton / London - hybrid working available, with travel to sites and offices required

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

 

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Estimator, you'll be working within the Building Solutions Team, supporting them in the generation of profitable tenders for authorisation and submission.

Your day to day will include:

Contribution to the generation of tenders, proposing costs and estimate resources for projects Lead, manage, and motivate the estimating team on projects by promoting best practice. Participation in the winning of contracts while minimising risk and maximising profit by estimating the costs for tenders, negotiating with suppliers and subcontracts, and supporting value engineering. Contribute to the process of assessing, preparing, validating, adjudication, and final submission of tenders. This includes minimising subcontractor and material costs, communicating with design, planning, commercial and bid management functions. Estimate costs in order to meet or exceed customer requirements, including obtaining and negotiating quotes. Build and retain commercial relationships with customers, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and subcontractors during the tender and fulfilment process

 

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Estimator is great for you if:

Experience in a Main Contractor / Tier 1 Contractor company Experience of Excel, Estimating System Software, Experience of Blue Beam or equivalent take off software Examples of leadership within a pre con team Examples of development to junior team member's Knowledge of bench marking and cost planning

 

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

 

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

 

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

 

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

 

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

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