Deanston Cooper is currently recruiting for a Senior Estimator to work in the Chester office of a highly successful, privately owned civil engineering contractor.

Reporting to the Estimating Manager, you will be responsible for processing tenders from receipt to submission, on a range of general civils projects across the NW of England, up to £10 million in value. Projects can include infrastructure, roads, bridges, groundworks and substations.

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 be currently working as an Estimator / Senior Estimator for a rival Civil Engineering contractor. You will:

• Have an HNC/HND or Degree qualification in Civil Engineering / 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