Estimating Professional Career Level

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In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. 
We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity 

•  Working within our Field Services business you’ll be part of a large construction focused workforce tendering for and delivering complex and challenging construction projects throughout the nuclear and defence sectors, from inception to final delivery and client handover Jacobs Field Services offer a fantastic opportunity to engage with all life cycle phases of a project.
  •    Working within our AWE team, reporting into the LOB estimating lead you will directly contribute to the development of multi-disciplined construction estimates for various field construction projects, from laboratory re-fits to major new builds. This opportunity presents fantastic development and growth opportunities and will allow you to develop your range of estimating capability’s on a multitude of fast paced and interesting projects.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

The Estimator is responsible for aiding in the development of construction cost estimates covering all phases and cost elements of multi disciplined construction projects. This involves the development and owenrship of the estimate plan, contributing to the detailed development of the multi-disciplined construction estimate, developing the estimate basis and contributing to estimate reviews with the estimating lead and senior management. 

The main responsibilities are;

•  Prepare, compile and co-ordinate the development of the estimate, ensuring all required estimating documentation is completed and issued to the capture manager in line with the bid schedule.
  •    Read and interpret ITT documentation in full, raise any TQ’s or RFI’s where information is believed to be missing or unclear.
  •    participate in tender analysis and risk reviews
  •    Utilise and understand personnel rate cards 
  •    Prepare discipline by discipline quantity take-offs (Mechanical, E&I, Civils, Structural, Building Works) involving where applicable the preparation of RFQ packages from drawings and specifications.
  •    Work with subcontractors and suppliers to prepare and distribute subcontractor & materials RFQ packages for work within project scope but not performed internally, including defining the scope of work, providing drawings, specifications and required documentation;
  •    Develop detailed indirect estimates, both onsite and off-site support;
  •    Complete detailed cost calculations including indirect, direct labour, material, rentals, subcontracts, and equipment;
  •    Gather, analyse, input and compile information for negotiated work;
  •    Ensure that the governance process is followed and the accurate submission of documentation for tender approval.

Qualifications & Experience:

Essential:

•  5 + years of experience in an estimating or related role, preferably in an industrial construction environment;
  •    Understand and apply estimating norms, factors and allowances to project cost components
  •    Understand the full project life cycle and its components of cost.
  •    Understand and develop project CBS and WBS structures
  •    Have experience of working with planning and scheduling to develop construciton programmes.
  •    Work closely with the Commercial Lead, Sales Lead and Capture manager to ensure all commercial tender requirements are completed in a timely manor prior to bid submission
  •    Have good presentation skills and experience of presenting bids to internalally for review
  •    Extensive knowledge and ability to use all MS Office packaged, Especially Excel and Word.
  •    Degree, diploma, or certificate in Mechanical engineering or related discipline from an accredited post-secondary institution; technical training in project management, drafting and engineering design, trade certificates, and/or field experience are definite assets;
  •    NEC3/4 Contract suite implementation. Experienced in the production of fixed price, target cost and reimbursable estimates.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

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