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What you will be doing:
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Civil Estimator to join the team at Galliford Try.
As a Senior Civil Estimator, you will support the business through the submission of accurate and competitive tenders to satisfy the clients' requirements and to ensure the Company secures adequate new business to achieve targeted turnover and profit levels with appropriate year-on-year growth. Primarily working as part of a versatile and experienced team on infrastructure/non-infrastructure Clean Water, Wastewater, and Sludge Treatment projects. Galliford Try has Frameworks in all of the UK Water PLCs with a good, long-term pipeline of work into AMP 8.
You will:
Input a tender win strategy for each individual tender.
Actively engage and develop long-term relationships with key supply chain organisations.
Identify opportunities for margin growth, identify and analyse risks and produce the associated risk register.
Participate in post-tender interviews, presentations, and negotiations with clients and ensure the successful handover to delivery teams following award.
Develop innovative approaches where appropriate to differentiate the bid from competitors.
Collate targeted feedback on successful projects and provide advice for future tenders.
Prepare site preliminary cost estimates in accordance with the current Company trading requirements.
Prepare submission documents in line with the bid and corporate requirements.
Attend tender settlement meetings ensuring all relevant cost information is available for presentation and complete the tender as instructed.
Provide informal and formal support and guidance to other members of the estimating team.
Responsible for completing PDRs for all direct reports.
About You:
Highly motivated and enthusiastic self-starter.
Extensive experience of estimating from first principles.
Knowledge of estimating process utilising a computerised analytical estimating system (CANDY preferable but not essential).
Ability to challenge the team constructively.
Strong commercial acumen and good analytical skills.
Full understanding of Conditions of Contract.
Clean Water, Wastewater, and Sludge Treatment infrastructure and non-infrastructure experience preferred.
Understanding of Process & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs).
Fully conversant with CESWI specification and CESMM.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Experience in risk management techniques.
High level of commercial awareness and technical knowledge.
Aware of individual Health and Safety responsibilities and adheres to company health and safety policy and procedures.
Track record of success in supporting a major contract or Business Unit and/or providing support to a professional function.
Able to demonstrate alignment and work in line with the Galliford Try values: Excellence, Passion, Integrity, and Collaboration.
Proven Estimating experience including schedule of rates bottom-up estimating and cost curves.
Likely to be educated to Degree level or equivalent.
Fully conversant with the Microsoft suite of packages, e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Able to demonstrate relevant managerial and/or technical experience at a senior level.
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion, we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long-held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented, and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice, and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where, and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity, and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.
Our benefits: Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays. A wide range of corporate discounts. Cycle to Work schemes. Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme. Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it. Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role. About us: Named Contractor of the Year by the Water Industry Awards, Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in. For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our
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business please contact Adam Wrighton
adam.wright@gallifordtry.co.uk . Additional Information: Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process. We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you. Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. A full job description for this role is available upon request.
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Our benefits: Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays. A wide range of corporate discounts. Cycle to Work schemes. Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme. Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it. Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role. About us: Named Contractor of the Year by the Water Industry Awards, Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in. For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our
Environment
business please contact Adam Wrighton
adam.wright@gallifordtry.co.uk . Additional Information: Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process. We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you. Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. A full job description for this role is available upon request.
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