Position: Lead Estimator
Employment Type: Full Time
Work Setup: Work from Home
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday; 03:00 PM – 12:00 AM PH Time Zone
Holidays to follow: United Kingdom (UK)
Qualifications as Lead Estimator:
- A Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field (RICS accreditation is advantageous but not essential).
- At least 10 years of proven experience in a similar estimating role.
- Strong tendering experience, with the ability to manage the full bid lifecycle.
- Demonstrated experience in preparing and submitting PQQs and tender documents.
- Strong bid writing experience, ideally within the UK construction market; candidates with relevant US or Australian market experience will also be considered.
- Good working knowledge of construction contracts within the Building and Civil Engineering sectors.
- Experience in supervising or mentoring junior estimators
- Strong analytical, commercial, and financial acumen.
- Excellent organisational, time management, and communication skills.
- A proactive and detail-oriented, capable of managing multiple tenders simultaneously.
- Proficiency in Microsoft office, AutoCAD, build exact or price a job or similar
- Positive attitude with a strong team player mindset.
- Ability to align with and contribute to the company's culture and values.
Your responsibilities as a Lead Estimator would be:
- Lead the estimating function, taking ownership of tendering activities from initial enquiry through to successful contract award.
- Identify, pursue, and secure new business opportunities in line with company growth objectives and commercial strategy.
- Work closely with directors and senior management to provide commercial insight, pricing advice, and bid strategy recommendations.
- Monitor planning portals, frameworks, and procurement platforms to identify suitable tender opportunities.
- Review tender, contract, and pre-construction documentation to assess scope, risk, compliance, and commercial viability.
- Lead the preparation and submission of PQQs, SQs, capability statements, and tender returns to a high professional standard.
- Manage the full tender process, ensuring all submissions are accurate, competitive, compliant, and delivered within deadlines.
- Prepare detailed quantity take-offs, cost plans, and robust estimates for structural repair, refurbishment, and associated works.
- Build rates from first principles, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractor input, preliminaries, and risk allowances.
- Issue and manage subcontractor and supplier enquiries, analyse quotations, and secure best-value procurement solutions.
- Develop scopes of works, technical proposals, value engineering options, and detailed contractor submissions.
- Lead bid adjudication reviews, presenting key assumptions, exclusions, risks, and recommendations to senior management prior to submission.
- Attend client meetings to discuss project requirements, clarify scope, explain proposals, and strengthen client relationships.
- Facilitate coordination meetings with operational and delivery teams to review live and tender-stage projects, monitor budgets, and align commercial objectives.
- Liaise with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams throughout the pre-construction, bidding, and handover stages.
- Review drawings, specifications, and contract conditions to identify cost risks, opportunities, and programme implications.
- Oversee project handover to delivery teams, ensuring all commercial, technical, and contractual information is clearly communicated.
- Review profit analysis reports, tender outcomes, and project feedback to improve estimating accuracy, cost planning, and margin performance.
- Produce cost comparisons, benchmarking data, budget forecasts, and commercial reports to support decision-making.
- Maintain and improve supplier, subcontractor, and pricing databases to support efficient and competitive estimating.
- Drive continuous improvement in estimating systems, bid processes, templates, and reporting standards.
- Manage, mentor, and support junior estimators, allocating workload and maintaining high standards of accuracy, quality, and performance across the team.
- Promote commercial awareness, best practice, and a high-performance culture within the estimating and pre-construction function.
If this sounds like you, then what are you waiting for Come, join us!
What's in it for you
✓ Genuinely caring Leadership Team
✓ Competitive salary package
✓ Company-provided full set-up for desktop/laptop with backup internet
✓ HMO on the first day of hire
✓ 15 Vacation Leaves and 5 Sick Leaves
✓ Annual Performance Reviews
✓ Unlimited Employee Referral Incentives
✓ Employee Loan Facilities
✓ Social Clubs and Interest Workshops
✓ Company events where you get a chance to win amazing prizes and be rewarded for your outstanding performance.
✓ Statutory Benefits: Maternity, Paternity, and Solo Parent Leaves, Magna Carta for Women, Retirement Benefits, OT, and Premium Pays
Company Website: https://boomering.ph/
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