Senior Estimator – Social Housing, New Build & Responsive Repairs Job in Birmingham, Midlands UK

My client is a leading integrated service provider, operating in the social housing, new build and care homes industries. They plan to invest in their Social Housing / Maintenance Division and are looking for an Estimator with experience of pricing competative tenders for Local Authority clients. They have a number of offices throughout the region so location is negotiable, ideally you will be West Midlands based.

The Role

Working alongside the Bid Team and Business Development team, you will manage the pricing programme on multiple bids, working to the individual timescale required of each bid.

Principal Accountabilities

Undertake the preparation of tenders/bids/budget proposals allocated by the Tendering Manager / Estimating Director for presentation to the relevant directors for final settlement.
Provide all information necessary for inclusion within the written bid submission.
Liaise with subcontractors/suppliers to obtain competitive/accurate quotations for specialist elements of the works.
Visit prospective projects to verify information contained within clients contract documentation and obtain any further information required to produce the tender.
Liaise with the Programme Manager to ensure all necessary information is provided for the production of the final tender programme.
Attend pre-contract handover meetings, all necessary bid meetings and client meetings as requested throughout the tender process.

Skills Experience

You will have a proven track record of producing the commercial pricing for £multi million bid submissions working within Social Housing Repairs Maintenance contracts (Response and Voids) as well as Social Housing Refurbishment (Decent Homes). You will have experience of as many of the following forms of contract as possible: PPC2000, NHF standard terms, PSPC6, TPC2005 or JCT measured term contracts.

Salary Benefits

On offer for the successful Senior Estimator is a highly competitive salary up to £55,000pa (dependant on experience) as well as other fringe benefits including Car / Allowance, holiday entitlement, pension, etc. The company also offers all Senior Estimators a structured route for progression paired with further training and development throughout your career.

Applications

If you feel that you have the relevant experience to be successful in this position and would like to find out more please apply online today attaching a copy of your current CV.

Due to the high level of applications we are receiving, if we have not been in contact within two working days then unfortunately your application has not been successful for short listing, we will however register all applications for future consideration against other opportunities both current and forthcoming.

Linsco are an Equal Opportunities employer, acting in the capacity of an Employment Agent for this position. All applications will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.