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
