Job Description
Deanston Cooper is currently recruiting for an Estimator to work for a highly profitable, privately owned civil engineering and groundworks contractor based in West Lothian.
Estimating for a variety of commercial and residential groundworks projects, duties will include:
- Preparation of accurate and competitive cost estimates for a wide variety of civil engineering projects
- Reviewing and reporting on the Client’s Enquiry to enable a decision to bid.
- Building up an accurate cost estimate for the works in an elemental and analytical format.
- Preparing an accurate cost estimate for the indirect resources required to carry out the works in accordance with agreed programme & engineering requirements.
- Checking labour & plant resources accumulated in the cost estimate balance with those derived from the tender programme.
- Preparing & presenting the commercial aspects of the tender to the Director for adjudication and approval.
- Preparing the commercial tender for submission to the Client.
- Managing handover to the delivery team.
Applications are welcome from either Estimators who have gained previous experience working for a civil engineering or groundworks contractor or Site Engineers and Quantity Surveyors who have a strong desire to move into estimating. Either way you should be:
- Be able to work to strict deadlines
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Be able to use analytical methods for rate build ups
- Have excellent communication skills
