Senior Estimator
Job description
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Senior Estimator - Civil Engineering & Rail
Our client, a Large prestigious main contractor are currently recruiting for a 2 Senior Estimators to work on a number of civil engineering frameworks within rail & highways.
Location:
Warrington
Remuneration:
£60,000 - £80,000 per annum plus car / car allowance & benefits
The Role:
- Ensure all tender correspondence is recorded and logged
- Review contents of tender documentation and provide feasibility advice
- Co-ordinate the tender preparation documents submitted by other departments, ensuring that they adequately address the client's requirements
- Ensure 'estimates for work' take adequate account of applicable legislation and recognised industry standards on health, safety, quality and environment
- Prepare all necessary information on the technical and commercial aspects for submission. Identify potential opportunity / risk and evaluate options Prepare bills of quantities / schedule of rates for tender applications and first principle estimates
- Prepare and submit tender queries / clarifications
- Prepare and submit subcontract enquiries in line with company processes
- Review subcontract tender submissions for compliance and inclusion into the estimate
- Monitor contract compliance against statutory requirements
Requirements:
- First principles Estimating experience
- Civil engineering tender background
- Savvy stakeholder management skills
If you are interested please contact John Baker or Kat Oxlade
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your first principles estimating experience prominently as this is explicitly required for the role
📊 Quantify your tender success rates: 'Prepared 15 successful tenders worth £2.3M, achieving 68% win rate'
🚆 Emphasise any rail and highways framework experience as the role focuses on these specific sectors
📋 Showcase your bills of quantities and schedule of rates expertise with concrete examples
🤝 Demonstrate stakeholder management skills with specific examples of coordinating with subcontractors and clients
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- •Prepared first principles estimates for 12 rail framework projects worth £4.2M, achieving 75% tender success rate through detailed risk analysis
- •Coordinated tender submissions across 4 departments for civil engineering projects, ensuring 100% compliance with health and safety standards
- •Managed subcontract enquiries for highways frameworks, reducing tender preparation time by 25% through streamlined stakeholder communication
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Fusion People's Senior Estimator position immediately caught my attention as it combines my passion for civil engineering with my expertise in first principles estimating and rail framework experience. Your focus on prestigious main contractor projects aligns perfectly with my background in tender preparation and stakeholder management.
My background in civil engineering estimation has equipped me with the technical skills to prepare comprehensive bills of quantities, evaluate project risks, and coordinate complex tender submissions across multiple departments while ensuring full compliance with industry standards.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through your process for preparing first principles estimates for civil engineering projects
- ›How do you ensure compliance with health, safety, quality and environmental standards in your estimates?
- ›Describe your experience with rail and highways framework contracts
- ›How do you evaluate and mitigate risks when preparing tender submissions?
- ›What software tools do you use for bills of quantities and schedule of rates preparation?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time when you had to coordinate multiple departments for a complex tender submission
- ›Describe a situation where you identified a significant risk in a tender and how you addressed it
- ›Give an example of how you've managed challenging stakeholder relationships during the tender process
- ›Tell me about a time when you had to work under tight deadlines to submit a tender
- ›Describe a situation where you had to provide feasibility advice that wasn't what the client wanted to hear
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time when you had to coordinate multiple departments for a complex tender submission
Describe a situation where you identified a significant risk in a tender and how you addressed it