Senior Tendering and Estimating Engineer

Job Description

IUS is currently in search of a talented and motivated Senior Tendering & Estimating Engineer with experience in HV and EHV Power Distribution across all sectors. Reporting to the Head of Commercial, the role will be to seek and lead major project bidding activity.

The primary responsibility of this role is to identify, lead, and manage the development of accurate and timely major project estimates and submit competitive bids and operational delivery proposals for our client-base. Be the main interface for major project bidding activity.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Determine and price value-engineered alternatives to plans and specifications in order to demonstrate to clients’ commitment to value engineering.
2. Enhance current major projects tendering process to improve the company’s ability to win work.
3. Hold and contribute towards pre and post tender bid meetings with clients and their representatives in pursuit of securing work.
4. Grow the capacity of the supply chain to diversify IUS’ capability for delivery of complex solutions and to achieve best value.
5. Demonstrate excellent negotiation skills in order to negotiate and conclude securing of opportunities for the supply of works, goods, materials, and services.
6. Ensure appropriate chasing down to understand the status of bids post submission, until opportunity is closed.
7. Aid the analysis of commercial terms with the context of the intended scope to ensure contractual obligations are transferred into delivery.
8. Ensure contractual requirements are reflected in estimates and marked for attention as part of the handover process with the operational team.
9. Formulate early view of intended delivery team and work alongside to upskill the understanding of submissions with plans and programmes flowing through to delivery and avoiding a transactional handover. This is to ensure the business is “fit for construction.”
10. Assist the Tender & Estimating team to meet the financial targets so the business can achieve growth targets.
11. Forward planning to ensure tender timescales are met.

Core Deliverables:

1. Develop and maintain effective key client relationships, in the pursuit of securing major projects work.
2. Act in a manner that promotes best practice in relation to safety performance.
3. Ensure Major Projects Experience in the utility construction industry with a complete understanding of gas, water, and electric distribution infrastructures. Experienced with scheme finance and commercial management.
4. Ensure cash management is a consideration when sanctioning bidding opportunities.
5. Create handover culture aimed at ensuring operational delivery can successfully deliver the project.
6. Talent profile of all resources maintained, with high growth potential assessed and actively managed.
7. Utilising standard quotation letters submit bespoke proposals/quotations to our clients.

Key Competencies:

1. Confident and self-motivated individual with the ability to be innovative whilst still being able to follow and improve set processes.
2. Able to identify the requirements of the project.
3. Direct estimating resource in the pursuit of major project bidding activities.
4. Accurately prepare quotations considering all costs associated with the delivery of the project.
5. Can provide detailed handover project files to the Project Management Team to allow for a successful delivery of the project.
6. Correspond and negotiate with clients, suppliers, contractors, and colleagues.
7. Are able to manage situations when workload presents conflicting demands on time availability, demonstrating an ability to effectively prioritise and schedule.
8. Are able to monitor progress and implement controls to ensure tasks are achieved to time, cost, and quality.
9. Can develop and select effective solutions to problems and to manage risk.
10. Communicate facts, ideas, and proposals to others in an effective and persuasive manner.
11. Work with others to develop knowledge and skills throughout the team.
12. Deliver efficient and effective customer service.
13. Use office software to improve work outputs.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

1. Knowledge of Low Voltage and High Voltage (HV & EHV) distribution networks and protection systems.
2. HNC (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering.
3. Experience in the utility and construction industries with an understanding of utilities distribution infrastructures.
4. Experience managing a team.
5. Knowledge of Contract Law, Health & Safety awareness, and CDM Regulations.
6. Commercial awareness.
7. Full UK driving license.

Desirable Qualifications & Experience:

1. Chartered Engineer status.
2. Experience in Civil Engineering.

Apply now and we will be in touch!