Senior Mechanical Estimator - Warrington

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About the role

Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They're an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as Senior Mechanical Estimator and you'll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.

Role Purpose:

• Pricing tender opportunities by implementing estimating strategies on each bid.
• Manage the estimating process and procedures in bidding

What you'll be doing

• Where no Bid Manager is appointed and if required by the relevant Business Stream, lead the bid process to ensure that tender deliverables are produced in a timely and effective manner
• Lead the Estimating team, including managing the workload and allocation of estimating resource within assigned bid teams. Undertake the role of Estimator on projects, where required
• Review customer's drawings and specifications to prepare accurate costing sheets for materials, labour and equipment
• Review tender documents and submission requirements, ensuring all financial information is identified and provided and accurate compliant design proposals are included
• Establish and agree key plant rates
• Agree with engineering and planning key methods, outputs and plant selection
• Detailed analysis of subcontractors' analysis
• Prepare tender settlement papers and carry out any belated adjustments as a result of tender settlements
• Responsibility for 'sign off' of all cost elements prior to any gate meetings or financial
  submissions
• Select suitable sub-contractors and specialists for each project
• Ensure that key specialists are utilised on each bid to optimise: design, specification,
  programme and value
• Manage the production of cost information and tender submissions for senior management
• Provide considered responses to customer questions including post tender queries
• Ensure that the project commercial team have received an effective handover of bid
  documentation
• Attend or carry out periodic Tender Health Checks and formal risk reviews to ensure that the identified risks are mitigated as far as possible in tender submissions
• Ensure that cost planning and estimating are accurate and reflect the project requirements and risk profile
• Provide mentoring on bids to Estimators and the bid teams, including commercial and technical advice

Who we're looking for

• Detailed knowledge of high integrity pipework systems & knowledge of Exotic pipework materials
• Experience of tendering projects in the Petro chemical, nuclear or regulated environments
• Undertaking of NAECI Labour agreements
• Experience of pricing and developing customer MTO's
• Previous experience of managing the process of estimating projects, within the construction industry is required along with a valid CSCS card.
• Membership of a relevant professional body and/or relevant professional qualification is desirable, such as RICS/CIOB/RIBA/ICE/CIBSE.
• Working knowledge of best practice solutions and optimisation of innovative ideas and an understanding of the principles of Lean Construction and 5D cost planning is desirable.
• An understanding of BIM and how to read and assemble BIM models and produce appropriate reports from them is desirable.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick is a leader in mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions.

We design, install and maintain the complex systems and technologies that underpin the UK's national infrastructure and bring buildings to life.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com .