Job Description:

Murphy is recruiting for a Estimator to work with Water in the North West 

We provide end-to-end services for major water and sewage companies such as Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, Northern Ireland Water, Yorkshire Water and United Utilities, and for several water-only companies including SES Water, Bristol Water and South East Water.

We also provide a full design, build, operate and maintain service for Uisce Éireann and we currently operate over 25 of their facilities, ensuring they run efficiently and comply fully with EPA regulations.

A day in the life of a Murphy Estimator

• Attend project start-up meetings and make site visits.
• Produce enquiry schedules for scope of works & packages required from the tender documentation, drawings and specifications issued.
• Identify tender deliverables required from the Project Designers.
• Evaluate returned quotations from suppliers and where necessary enters into correspondence with suppliers to bring quotations in line with the project specification requirements.
• Prepare BOQ for scopes of projects on estimating programs (such as Excel, Causeway, CCS Candy & Kubus).
• Input to project risk register and attends a project risk meeting in the presence of Estimators, Planning Engineers, Design Co-ordinators and Clients representatives.
• Attend tender price settlement meetings in the presence of the tender team with Estimating Manager,
• Attend Tender Handover meetings in the presence of Estimators and projects team.
• Assist the Estimating Manager in promoting interaction with the appropriate functional leader to facilitate successful development of solutions to problems and estimates.
• Make tender amendments where applicable utilising client feedback on submitted tenders.
• In conjunction with the Contract Manager / Senior Management review contract details relevant to the company's ability to deliver under the contract.
• Review tender documents assessing scope, risks involved, tender complexity and provide feedback to Estimating Manager 

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Successful estimating experience within water
• Strong commercial awareness and a strong Negotiator
• High understanding of construction processes and contractual knowledge (NEC)
• Experience with CCS Candy Estimating Software
• Degree educated ideally or with a relevant substantial work history