Principal Estimator

Who we are:

Avove is a new, independent utilities infrastructure business, formed from the utilities division of leading infrastructure services company.

We design, build, and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better.

We are proud to work in partnership with our clients, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Scottish Water, Northern Powergrid and Scottish Power.

What we can offer:

We offer a competitive salary that is based on proven skills and experience. Hard work is celebrated and rewarded. We recognise that one size doesn’t fit all so everyone has access to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you.

• 24 days holiday plus statutory holidays (option to buy more)
• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• Life assurance
• A selection of lifestyle benefit options
• Financial wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues.
• We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising.

We encourage you to apply for this role as soon as you can. We recognise talent waits for no one, so we progress candidates independently through all stages of recruitment process.

The Role:

Due to continued growth, we are looking for a Principal Estimator to join a work-winning team to lead, develop and deliver an exciting and ambitious strategy for securing growth within the existing frameworks and building strategies for future frameworks. With a strong pipeline of future opportunities, underpinned by a strong existing order book, we are looking to recruit a high-performing team of Estimators to deliver this growth.

The role will require considerable engagement with our operational managers and key departments whilst working closely with our client United Utilities and will be the primary estimating lead on a large-scale programme of work for the delivery of key projects.  

We are open to accepting applications from experienced commercial professionals who are looking to take a step into an exciting career within estimating, if you are interested please click "apply" to find out more! 

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the approvals process to ensure that all bids have the necessary approvals in accordance with company procedures and governance sign offs for a compliant submission.
• Prepare detailed analytical tenders and estimates from first principles within defined timescales.
• Ensure that estimating procedures are followed in the production of each tender and project managed through to tender sign off and submission.
• Maintain and update records of tenders, including change control, TQs and terms and condition queries and such like.
• Generate and conclude the detailed risk assessment process on all bids specific to each complex project and on development use this for conclusion of the tender price submission.
• Develop a library of outputs and pricing data for all infrastructure works with the current UU framework and proactively update this for cost build up functions.
• Generation of hand over packs and facilitate handover to Operations team in detail to ensure both commercial model and risk and opportunities within each specific project is clearly and understood.

Skills and Experience

• In depth knowledge of the NEC 3 & 4
• In depth Knowledge of the Water Industry frameworks and CDM regulations.
• Experienced within high value non- infrastructure projects in the Water/ Construction Industry.
• Experience of multi discipline Framework (major) bids of varying complexity and scope, - preferable this would be heavily weighted towards Clean and Waste Water infrastructure and some involvement in Non infrastructure clean and waste.
• Experienced within managing supply chain and framework contracts for key suppliers and engaging with key people to drive commercial agreements.
• Have the ability to communicate complicated financial and contractual issues to senior management
• Have experience of producing multi-disciplined high value, high quality tender submissions

Our main value is to “Move Life Forward” and we are committed to developing our colleagues and encouraging personal growth, in conjunction with a flexible working approach so everyone can thrive in an inclusive and open environment.