Rail Civils Estimator

Job description

Are you a Rail Estimator with experience working on civils projects?

As an Estimator, you will be responsible for preparing accurate and timely estimates for rail civils projects and frameworks, as well as producing and submitting quotations, bids and tenders to meet the business requirements.

You will be responsible for pricing and developing bids for Network Rail and Tier 1 Subcontractors by producing robust tender estimates. You will lead the development of client tender information into a comprehensive price for tender submission.

Duties and responsibilities

As the Estimator your duties and responsibilities will be:

Lead estimates

• Undertake estimates in accordance with Company procedures
• Lead team of estimators for larger tenders, mentoring and developing junior estimators
• Identify opportunity and risk during tender process
• Liaise with the business unit, Bid Manager and Planner to agree methodology and principles
• Maintain register of key assumptions within estimate
• Maintain tender estimate file
• Provide indicative pricing support for business development
• Obtain feedback from site teams on estimating adequacy and current costs

Present estimates at adjudication

• Prepare estimating ‘adjudication pack’
• Present basis of estimate and key assumptions
• Maintain notes of adjudication meetings
• Close out actions and monitor customer negotiations, seeking amended authority as required

Handover to site teams at contract award

• Prepare estimating handover packs to operational and commercial teams ready for use in Rail Dairy and Construction Manager software
• Maintain notes of handover meeting
• Provide ongoing support to site teams relating to estimate and key assumptions

Key measures and targets

• Winning work to meet Pro Rail growth objectives
• Developing a coherent and consistent tender submission with the use of key estimating assumptions
• Developing a tender win strategy alongside the business unit teams
• Providing temporary works support for tenders and for the design element of design and construct tenders

The ideal candidate will have

• Engineering or commercial background
• Experience in rail drainage, utilities and civils (at least 10 years of rail experience)
• Proven track record working on tenders ranging up to £5m
• Numerate and IT literate, familiar with estimating software and Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Excel
• Chartered, incorporated status or similar
• Confidence in dealing with customers and personnel within Pro Rail at a senior level
• Ability to closely collaborate with other project teams and stakeholders
• Excellent research, proposal writing, and oral presentation skills
• Extensive knowledge of best industry practises and standards
• Ability to ensure all tender submissions are both feasible and profitable
• Ability to travel extensively and perform site visits
• A full UK driving licence (preferred_
• Diploma of higher education (required)
• NEC suite of contracts: at least 3 years of experience (required)

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a company within the rail industry with progression opportunities within the wider business group.

Benefits

• 23 days annual leave, plus bank holidays increasing with service
• Company pension scheme
• Car allowance
• Mileage to site covered at 45p/mile
• Mobile phone
• Laptop
• Free on site parking

What do we ask of you?

• To have good report writing skills
• To be enthusiastic
• To work well within a diverse team
• To be honest
• To hold a UK driving licence

If you think this could be you then please apply within, or send your CV to recruitment@prorailservices.co.uk or call 01707 927400 for more details.

About Pro Rail Services

Pro Rail Services is a national railway civil engineering contractor delivering specialist innovative and effective solutions to the UK rail infrastructure industry.

We are a family run business leading the way in innovation for railway engineering, infrastructure and plant.

Our commitment to self-delivery ensures the highest levels of safety and delivery performance. Our management team has over 25 years’ experience in delivering complex multi-million-pound programmes, providing dynamic solutions to complex organisational, technical and commercial problems.

We are a Network Rail POS licence holder with our own fleet of specialised road rail vehicles and drainage plant and attachments, we retain our own skilled labour and safety critical staff, and can provide a full survey, design and build solution.

We are also a Network Rail Principal Contractor and hold our own PCL licence.

We are a Zero RIDDOR business since our inception in 2012 and have never handed back a possession late.

Note to recruiters

Strictly no agencies please.