Role Summary
Reporting to the Estimating Manager, the Senior Estimator / Pre-Construction commercial lead will be responsible for pricing tender enquiries for offsite projects, lead the planning, budgeting and procurement processes during pre-construction and prepare tender documents for submission in a timely manner.
Role Description
- Provide a costing service at tender and pre-construction stage for customer and clients using Conquest estimating software.
- Ensure that estimates prepared are cost effective and competitive within the sector.
- Identify and manage risk to avoid cost overruns
- Manage the procurement process for all sub-contractors and suppliers
- Lead negotiations with clients, subcontractors and suppliers
- Develop strategies to mitigate risk during the pre-construction phase
- Ensure that potential cost saving opportunities are explored without comprising quality
- Follow up each tender with the customer to ensure that business opportunities are capitalised.
- Meet with Commercial and Contracts management team pre-commencement of project to formally handover project, ensuring that the correct information is transferred to Manufacturing team.
- Price variations and extras during each contract before work proceeds
- Discuss and agree, in writing, variations and extras with the Commercial and Contracts Management team.
- Collate all final costs and prepare final bill for each project.
- Liaise with Commercial and Contracts management regularly on widening pool of sub-contractors and suppliers.
- Review and monitor project costs versus budgets on Conquest.
- Work with the wider McAvoy Team to effectively represent and grow the business and contribute to the culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
- Promote and ensure a safe working environment, ensuring compliance with SHE Policies and Procedures.
- Carry out other duties that are consistent with the job holder’s knowledge and skills to assist the company in achieving its goals and objectives.
This role description is intended to give the post holder an appreciation of the role envisaged for Senior Estimator / Pre-construction Commercial Lead. Specific tasks and objectives will be agreed with the post holder at regular intervals.
Person Specification
Technical Competencies
Essential
- Possess a relevant 3rd level qualification.
- Previous estimating experience (2-3 years) with a main contractor or construction company.
- Demonstrate experience across all stages of a project from concept to handover.
- Ability to negotiate and influence outcomes, internally and externally.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- High level of initiative and motivation.
- Excellent time management, project planning and organisational skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to innovate, problem solve and adapt to changing client requirements.
Desirable Skills
- Experience of different types of contract: JCT, NEC.
- Conquest experience.
Behavioural Competencies
- Leadership Skills: Communicates and gains team commitment to a vision, able to motivate colleagues and others and provide direction and vision.
- Effective Communication Skills: Able to communicate well with a variety of audiences, presents a professional image and promotes the brand.
- External Focus: Takes time to question and understand the real, underlying needs of the customer, the public, the supply chain, and other project stakeholders.
- Influencing: Ability to convince others, gain agreement and acceptance of team plans and activities.
- Initiative: Develops new insights into situations. Encourages new ideas. Able to get results either individually or collectively as a team.
- Team Player: Contributes fully to team effort and plays an integral part in the smooth running of the team. Demonstrates honesty, loyalty, and commitment.
Our Commitment
McAvoy is an employer of choice for people from different backgrounds and seeks to promote respect for the individual and equality of opportunity. We passionately believe that everyone should be treated solely on the basis of personal merit and contribution throughout their career with the Company. The diversity of our people, their skills and abilities are the strengths that help us achieve our best.