Estimating Manager- Healthcare

Due to our continued success, we have a vacancy for an Estimating Manager to join our Medical Projects Team. The role will be to manage, coordinate and schedule all activities of the estimating team in response to the demands of the business, from sales through to live projects.

The successful applicant will also be required to manage their own projects.

Key Deliverables

• Develop and improve the tools used by the estimating team to ensure accurate and higher quality proposals in a timely manner
• Manage department / resource and take ownership of the scheduling of the Estimating Team
• Carry out weekly reviews of Sales pipeline to help plan, schedule, and prioritise Estimating Team Resource
• Develop reporting processes for Estimators to log progress accessible to both Sales and Operations
• Manage handover process from Sales to Operations Team
• Carry out site visits and support sales and delivery teams as required
• Review, comment, and support with any commercial aspects as required
• Support as required in the preparation of contracts in a variety of forms such as, NEC, JCT and bespoke

Requirements

• Have a background in building services / construction Understand the various client procurement pathways.
• Ability to understand & read engineering drawings and technical instructions
• Produce and compile tender responses for public and private sector clients Including pricing and quality elements of the response.
• Engage with existing and new supply chain partners to obtain pricing and quality information in support of tender bids.
• Regularly report to both Sales and Operations Management on Pre Sales Project progress, scheduling and forecasting.
• Review the pipeline of RFQs and incoming tender enquiries from both the HAT sales department, tender portals and other channels of enquiry
• Prioritise, schedule, and allocate personnel and resources to ensure tenders and RFQs are responded to efficiently and within specified deadlines
• Provide input into risk profiling and management on contracts/projects
• Selection of contractors for projects  
• Liaise with Pre-Construction Manager to ensure forecasted projects are known and planned
• Liaise with Project Managers to establish the project specification and requirements
• Review and analysis of delivered projects to collate costs and feed back into estimating cost database
• Develop and maintain supplier database, collating and curating up to date supplier information
• Develop and maintain standardised documentation and document sets for issue with tender returns (Technical Specifications, Technical Submissions)
• Develop supplier relationships throughout the supply chain to maximise partnering opportunities and cost saving initiatives
• Management of bid review and project review scheduling
• Attend site visits/meetings as and when required and to adhere to the health and safety procedures/requirements

Closing date for applications is 26th April 2024 with competency-based interviews taking place after this date.
To register your interest or find out more details

Contact: Liz Knox, HR Manager

Email: hr@howorthgroup.com

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