Deanston Cooper is currently recruiting for an Estimator to work in the Glasgow office of a highly regarded, family owned, national civil engineering contractor

Reporting to the Estimating Manager, you will be responsible for processing tenders from receipt to submission, on a range of civil engineering projects across Scotland, up to £10 million in value.

Duties include:

• Preparation of accurate and competitive cost estimates for a wide variety of civil engineering projects
• Reviewing and reporting on the Client’s Enquiry to enable a decision to bid.
• Preparing subcontract & materials enquiries for administration & buying team. 
• Building up an accurate cost estimates for the permanent works in an elemental and analytical format.
• Preparing an accurate cost estimate for the indirect resources required to carry out the works in accordance with agreed programme & engineering requirements.
• Checking labour & plant resources accumulated in the cost estimate balance with those derived from the tender programme.
• Preparing & presenting the commercial aspects of the tender to the Directors/Senior Managers for adjudication and approval.
• Prepare the commercial tender for submission to the Client.
• Managing hand over to the delivery team

The successful candidate will have gained estimating experience working for another Civil Engineering or Rail contractor. You will:

• Have a minimum of HNC/HND qualification in Civil Engineering or Quantity Surveying
• Be able to work to strict deadlines
• Be able to work on own initiative
• Be able to use analytical methods for rate build ups
• Have good communication skills
• Have experience of using computer estimating packages

This is an excellent opportunity to join a company that has a well deserved reputation in the marketplace for looking after their employees and being a great place to work. It offers a salary up to £55 000 plus 15% bonus (which actually pays out), car / car allowance, pension and healthcare.