Construction Jobs
Estimator
- Type: Full Time
- Region: UK - East Midlands
- Town/City: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Posted: 17/06/2022
- Listed in: Estimating
- Reference: 2639_1655463200
Job Description
Estimator
Centre of Excellence for Modern Construction, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Permanent - Hybrid working
Our Mission:
Laing O'Rourke's 2025 Mission to become the recognised leader for innovation and excellence in the construction industry is driven by innovation and with technical excellence in design, manufacturing and construction at its core.
Our manufacturing and modular solutions are transforming traditional construction methodologies into a modern process of component-based assembly, providing product sets including precast concrete building components, and modular bridges for the major highways and rail projects.
This is the most automated concrete products facility in Europe making our construction process faster safer and more efficient, improving quality and reducing waste, and contributing to a sustainable manufacturing-led future for construction.
With a heritage spanning over 160 years, Laing O'Rourke is an internationally focused engineering enterprise with world-class capabilities. We operate an integrated business model comprising the full range of engineering, construction and asset management services delivering single-source solutions for some of the world's most prestigious public and private organisations
The Position:
The role of an Estimator involves the preparation, submission, and negotiation of tender proposals to enable the securing of a potentially profitable work for the business unit, by ensuring that bids are prepared in a timely manner, are attractive to our customers, and meet the company's requirements.
Directly responsible to the Principal Estimator you will be required to work as part of a bid team and liaise with people both internally and externally in a commercially astute manner.
What skills & experience are we looking for?
- Ideally you will have experience in the manufacture of building materials, but this is not essential
- Logical and well organised with ability to prioritise
- Numerate and accurate
- Presentation skills - Written and Verbal
- Positive response to pressure
- Technically competent in the estimating process
- Supportive of the introduction of the latest in-house IT software systems to ensure high speed communication is maintained
- Efficient in the use of Excel, Word, ERP software
Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.
Diversity & Sustainability:
We value and care about difference at Laing O'Rourke and believe a diverse team drives innovation.
We are a global multicultural business committed to the inclusion of all employees, enabling everyone to feel accepted, respected & valued for being themselves.
We have set out far-reaching global sustainability targets including a commitment to achieve equal numbers of men and women amongst our global staff by 2033.
Additional:
Talk to us about flexible, dynamic and part time working. We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, then please get in touch.
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