Vacancy Details

Ref: SECHE7

Job Title: Senior / Estimator

Industry:Traditional / Private Housing Jobs

Salary / Package: £55k + car allowance, bonus, pension and healthcare

Discipline: Commercial and Finance Jobs

Location: UK, South East

Town / City: Essex

salary range: £40,000 - £54,999

Job Type: Permanent full-time

Job description:

My client, a successful developer in the region is now seeking an experienced Estimator who can take a site layout all the way through to costing. An exciting opportunity with excellent career progression is available for the right individual.

You will provide information, where necessary, for the land purchase exercise that will enable clear materials and labour costs to be considered at that stage.

Ensure that all estimating work required to deliver the businesses unit output is completed timely and within budget.

Monitor and report build costs periodically reporting any savings and excesses

Management, motivation and training of Staff involved in estimating function

· Once land opportunities are identified, familiarise the geographical area and consider site issues.

· Prepare estimates of all prime costs.

· Calculate all the prime costs on developments within the business, reporting any movements in the costs since the preparation of the land purchase exercise. Prime costs to include but not restricted to house pricing, labour costs, site work operations and remediation work.

· Provide a detailed cost budget and share with Site Manager at the appropriate time.

· Detail a labour cost schedule including anticipated target hours.

· Maintain schedules of quantities and price them individually for prime cost budget.

· Complete the apportionment of total prime costs to individual plots and produce a profit analysis for the Director.

· Undertake valuations of production at budgeted cost on a monthly basis and split the cost of profit completions and potential future profit to estimate a value for work in progress.

· Report on savings and excesses against budget costs to the Director.

· Be aware of all codes of practice that impact on estimating e.g. Building Regulations, NHBC requirements, HSE etc.

· Monitor, reconcile and recharge any costs, which relate to shared cost items with either other businesses within the Group or external Companies.

· Attend pre start, specification and any other relevant meeting as required under the Company’s Growing Wiser procedure.

· Input and maintain any computer based estimating databases or systems.

· Any other duties as required by the Commercial Director.

Qualifications required: