Head of Estimating

☞ Morgan Sindall Infrastructure

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Update day: 13-05-2024

Location: Rugby West Midlands

Category: Other

Industry: Civil Engineering

Position: Mid-Senior level

Job type: Full-time

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Head of Estimating, Energy l Water

Location: Rugby / Hybrid

Talented people are the key to our success

About Us

Would you like to work for a progressive and ambitious company which is also one of the most successful within the UK construction and infrastructure industry?

Morgan Sindall provides national construction and infrastructure services to private and public sector customers across a comprehensive range of markets. We aim to create great results for our customers, partners and ourselves.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Estimating within our Energy Water Pre-construction division.

This role is a key part of the business as the balance moves from competitive bidding to two stage delivery strategies. It will be highly influential and central to strategic development of the estimating business function at this exciting time of rapid growth

The Role

As The Head of Estimating, you will:

  • Manage multidisciplinary infrastructure tenders from conception through to completion, delivering tenders that meet project and business requirements.
  • Have oversight of the pricing and be involved with the commercial strategy to secure work through competitive, ECI, two stage and allocated tender processes.
  • Ensure alignment with governance directives, keeping senior management informed and briefed on progress and emerging risks
  • Be wholly responsible and accountable for strong competitive tender commercial proposals and establishing robust but compelling ECI pricing via virtual management of pricing activity embedded through the wider business.
  • Manage and allocate the estimating resources and its people development to maintain a strong estimating function
  • Maintain succession plan
  • Show leadership, collaboration and teamwork to engage the estimating function and wider work winning functions, sharing knowledge and best practice.
  • Develop Strategies with procurement to ensure we achieve the most competitive quotes by understanding current market trends
  • Identify and report on risk and opportunity at tender settlement.
  • Prepare accurate and competitive estimates and cost plans
Requirements

  • Previous experience in a similar role or with the ambition to step up into this role
  • Experience within Civil Infrastructure is essential; Power or Water experience is preferable but not a must
  • Qualified to professional status and educated to degree status preferable; HNC standard as a minimum, ideally a Chartered Engineer
  • Ability to take-off quantities and price work from first principles
  • Advanced in using typical estimating software packages
  • Cost planning knowledge and experience
  • An understanding of construction technology, resourcing and construction methods / outputs. Qualified to HNC standard as a minimum, ideally a Chartered Engineer
  • Ability to take-off quantities and price work from first principles
  • Advanced in using typical estimating software packages
  • Creating Excel reports
  • Cost planning knowledge and experience
  • Ability to lead a team across a business unit or area
  • Good management skills with the ability to motivate employees to achieve high standards of compliance
  • Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills; able to manage projects simultaneously with compromising on standards and quality
  • Ability to work with senior management to set project and operational targets
  • Excellent negotiation and diplomacy skills and the ability to make a sound business case to senior stakeholders
What We Can Offer You

Below is a selection of benefits that are available to you at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure.

  • Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days
  • Flexible and adaptable working
  • Family friendly policies and work/life approach
  • Mentoring programmes and continuous development
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Annual bonus scheme up to 30%
  • Recognition scheme and long service awards
  • Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance
We also provide the option to participate in our share-save scheme; discounts including cycle to work and gym membership; a support and advice service for colleagues and their families, and more.

The Morgan Sindall Infrastructure team are based out of Rugby. The good news is that we operate an adaptable culture, therefore, if you are not local to Rugby but fancy the role, let’s chat.

Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.

Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.
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Deadline: 27-06-2024

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