Senior Estimator

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Job Description

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Senior Estimator

West Midlands / South West

As a Senior Estimator you will be responsible for providing accurate cost estimates and supporting technical information to enable the Company to submit competitive tenders, and to ensure the Company secures adequate new business to achieve targeted turnover and profit levels with appropriate year on year growth.

Ideally, you will based in or around the West Midlands or South West, we have offices in both Solihull and Bristol.

What you will be doing:

• Inputting a tender win strategy for each individual tender.
• Actively engage, and develop long term relationships with, key supply chain organisations.
• Identify opportunities for margin growth, identify and analyse risks and produce the associated risk register.
• Participate in post tender interviews, presentations and negotiations with clients and ensure the successful handover to delivery teams following award.
• Developing innovative approaches where appropriate to differentiate the bid from competitors.
• Collate targeted feedback on successful projects and provide advice for future tenders.
• Prepare site preliminary cost estimates in accordance with the current Company trading requirements.
• Prepare submission documents in line with the bid and corporate requirement.
• Attend tender settlement meetings ensuring all relevant cost information is available for presentation and complete the tender as instructed.
• Provide informal and formal support and guidance to other members of the estimating team.
• Responsible for completing PDR's for all direct reports.
• This is not an exhaustive list of duties.

About You:

• Proven Estimating experience including schedule of rates bottom up estimating and cost curves.
• Likely to be educated to Degree level or equivalent.
• Fully conversant with the Microsoft suite of packages, e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Able to demonstrate relevant managerial and/or technical experience at a senior level.
• Desirable: Member of a relevant Professional Body and/or relevant qualification.

What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:
Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our West Midlands / South West business please contact Laura Mitchell on Laura.Mitchell@Gallifordtry.co.uk

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don't meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

Galliford Try are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.

Closing Date:

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