Principal Estimator

Willmott Dixon are currently looking to recruit a Principal Estimator to join our London and East construction business. With offices in Hitchin and Chelmsford, we deliver projects across multiple sectors within west, east and north London, the northern home counties and East Anglia. The Principal Estimator will provide leadership to the estimating discipline. You will be passionate about developing your line reports and members of the wider team, and you will look to create a culture of learning and mentoring that will allow people to progress and develop new skills. The successful individual will need to be able to demonstrate a high degree of commercial acumen in order to deliver the highest quality standards with the right products and net cost, on time. The Principal Estimator will have customer and project responsibilities and will be expected to achieve the highest levels of customer satisfaction. The role will involve leading, managing and having responsibility for the following tasks within a preconstruction team: * Feasibility phase (cost planning phase) * 1st stage process (work winning phase) * 2nd stage process (negotiation phase) * Collection, analysis and sharing of commercial information for benchmarking and for future cost forecasting * Collection, Analysis and sharing of best practice within the business, across all technical disciplines * Working collaboratively with our Supply Chain consultants, works partners and mandated suppliers You will ideally have some of the following experience: * Successful delivery of tenders * Various construction methods * Using Conquest Estimating system or similar * Taking off quantities up to SMM 7 * Controlling costs, timing and quality in line with targets * Managing a team * Reading and accurately interpreting drawings and technical specifications * Proactively liaising with customers * Proactively identifying opportunities to add value throughout the project process Qualifications and Memberships Academic Essential * Good demonstrable standard of written and spoken English. * Good standard of mathematical ability. Desirable * Minimum relevant level 4 qualification (HNC / NVQ4 etc). * Relevant degree. Professional Essential * Appropriate CSCS card. Desirable * Working towards MCIOB / MRICS. We have identified the following key behaviours expected for somebody to be successful within this role: * Always working as one team * Striving to astonish our customers * Leading by example and taking responsibility * Keep it real and straight forward in dealing with people * Recognising and respecting others * Always listening and sharing to drive improvement * Having a can-do attitude even when it's hard * Working collaboratively to achieve the best results Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer. Benefits: In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full / heavily discounted private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme. With nearly 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive. Construction is changing and we are at the forefront of that change. Pioneering new ways to build, innovating the way construction is viewed and establishing ourselves as one of the top employers in any industry. It truly is an amazing company in one of the most exciting industries with a vast array of professional career paths. Adding to that our numerous people awards, we understand everyone has a unique potential and ability to make a difference and succeed; if you want your skills developed and talent recognised, why not join our business! Willmott Dixon was awarded 5th place in the Sunday Times Best Companies Top 100 (2020) to work for, the Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2021 and is the first major contractor and developer to win a Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development