Construction Manager

We are recruiting for an experienced Fire Alarm System Design Estimator in Leicester. On offer is a flexible home and/or office working based role paying to 35,000 per year which comes with five weeks holiday (plus all bank holidays), pension scheme etc.,

As the Design Estimator you will be using your estimating and design skills to support a range of clients that will include M&E Contractors and End Users with their project requirements and be utilising your creative potential to provide them with a compliant and cost effective solution with the aiming of winning their business.

You will be working within a close-knit team of Designers, Sales and Project Managers and for a forward thinking and ambitious business that will give you the opportunity to progress and develop in your career.

As the Fire Alarm Design Estimator you will have a range of responsibilities that will include:

• Being the lead estimator on assigned project tenders.
  
• Reviewing design options and value solutions, where appropriate identifying the attractiveness of a project based on sound estimating principles.
  
• Reviewing customer drawings and specifications to prepare accurate costing sheets for materials, labour and equipment.
  
• Reviewing tender documents and submission requirements, ensuring all financial information is identified and provided and that accurate/compliant design proposals are included.
  
• Establishing and agreeing key plant costs as required.
  
• Managing and coordinating the preparation of preliminary and general expense pricing, including both plant and QHSE requirements.
  
• Providing audit trails of cost allowances as part of commercial handover meeting to the projects team.
  
• Having responsibility for signing off all cost elements prior to any client meetings or financial submissions.
  
• Ensuring that key specialists are utilised on each bid to optimise design, specification, programme and value.
  
• Managing the production of cost information and tender submissions for senior management.
  
• Providing considered responses to customer questions including post tender enquiries.
  
• Ensuring the cost planning and estimating are accurate and reflect the project requirements and risk profile.
  

To be considered as the Fire Alarm Design Estimator you will need to demonstrate the following:

• Experience in the field of Fire Life Safety design and estimating.
  
• Excellent industry product knowledge.
  
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
  
• The ability to interrogate specifications and contract conditions and apply the necessary risk contingency.
  

In return you will join a company that has over 30 years experience, who are value driven and believe in being collaborative, trusted enterprising and disciplined which is why they are one of the U.K. s most trusted Fire Life Safety experts, they work with world-class manufacturers to design, install, maintain and commission Fire life safety solutions that are right for their clients bespoke needs and the environment.

Requirements

To be considered as the Fire Alarm Design Estimator you will need to demonstrate the following:

• Experience in the field of Fire Life Safety design and estimating.
  
• Excellent industry product knowledge.
  
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
  
• The ability to interrogate specifications and contract conditions and apply the necessary risk contingency.
  

Benefits