Estimator

DCS is a leading demolition and remediation contractor delivering projects ranging from £100k to over £20m. With a directly employed workforce and a modern fleet of in-house plant, we self-deliver the majority of our works across sites nationwide.

Our Estimating Team operates from our Head Office in Birmingham and plays a vital role in supporting our continued success. This role involves providing management support across all aspects of the tendering process — including the preparation of cost estimates, programmes, and methodologies for both competitive tenders and budget enquiries.

As an Estimator, you will hold a key position within the business, contributing directly to the winning of new work and the continued growth of DSM, to meet the demands of the role you must possess the following:

Key Skills & Behaviors

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• A good problem solver that shows initiative in tacking issues.
• PC Computer skills with proficiency using MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Scheduling knowledge.
• Strong customer facing skills.
• Ability to work within a team to deliver robust bids.
• Be accurate & have good attention to detail.
• Show enthusiasm & be decisive whilst working individually and as part of a team.
• Manage workloads and work to deadlines.
• Have good record keeping for passing information on to live teams.
• Experienced in the demolition/construction industry.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assess the Information to Tender, provided by Clients team.
• Works with Bid Manager to draw up the deliverables for the tender.
• Carry out site visits to fully assess the work to be priced.
• Work with the CAD technicians to draw up methods of work and programmes.
• Identify specialist sub-contract packages to be priced and obtain competitive quotes for each package.
• Analyse Sub-contract quotes to ensure all gaps are plugged and risk/opportunity is managed.
• Carry out measurement of the works and producing basic Bills of Quantities.
• Pricing work from first principles (labour plant & materials) based upon outputs or using composite rates for both tenders and budgets.
• Pricing site preliminaries.
• Develop basic programmes with support from operation teams.
• Attend adjudication meeting and adjusting bids to take on management comments.
• Manage and respond to post tender queries from the Client

Record all relevant information and hand over secured tenders to