Job Title: Estimator

Location: Tiverton

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 per annum

Type: Permanent Full Time

Start Date: Immediately (flexible for notice periods)

Duties

In this role you will be responsible for:

1 Being responsible for the financial and technical aspects of our contracts across all workstreams, including procurement , cost control , Variation account management & valuations.

2 Minimising costs where possible, maximising value and ultimately making a profit.

3 Working with direct labour and subcontractors, ensuring all work issued has labour targets to return agreed profit performance.

4 Developing and maintaining relationships with the workforce, customers, subcontractors and suppliers.

5 Procuring materials, plant, and subcontracts in line with the contract budgets.

6 Producing fortnightly contract valuations for each active site.

7 Conducting site surveys.

Skills and experience required:

As an estimator, you need have experience with;

1 Essential that the candidate has extensive experience within the private domestic & commercial sector , managing a direct clients expectations and delivering quality new build, extension, renovation and conversion projects to a high standard

2 A proven ability to minimise cost and maximise value, profit, and cash flow

3 Strong IT and spreadsheet skills

4 Experience in working with direct labour and subcontract procurement

5 Experience working on Schedule of Rates contracts is desirable, with the ability to price works from first principles

6 High awareness & experience of Health & Safety

7 Must have full UK driving license and a vehicle to commute

It would be beneficial to the role if you also had;

• quantity surveying: 3 years (preferred)

About the Client

Our client is a complete building service that handle domestic and commercaial constructoin projects from start to finish. That are looking for an estimator to join their project on a permanent basis. 

Next Steps:

Apply to this Job Title role through this advert. If you would like more information about this role, please contact our Industrial team on (phone number removed).

If successful, you will need to digitally register with our agency (if you haven’t already done so). If you have not been contacted regarding your application within 7 days please assume that you have not been successful. We will however retain your application for any future roles for which you may be suitable.

About Regional Recruitment Services – A Recruitment Agency in (State location of work e.g. Leicester)

This position is advertised by Regional Recruitment Services Ltd, an award-winning independent recruitment agency that has been operating since 2008. We offer permanent, temporary and contract jobs within the Commercial, Construction, Industrial and Engineering sectors. To view all of our positions available throughout the United Kingdom, please visit our website ((url removed)).