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We are looking for an Estimating Manager to join our successful team here at AFS. Continued expansion across the business has created an opportunity for an experienced Senior Estimator / Estimating Manager to join our team to work on a diverse portfolio of Earthworks and Civil Engineering tenders and enquiries. The successful candidate will be responsible for all incoming tenders and enquires as well as being engaged in broader business development activities. As such you will manage and participate in the timely return of quality submissions on behalf of the company to our existing and potentially new customers by the estimating team. You will manage and report upon the success of the estimating operation and, together with senior management, steer the estimating team’s activities to maximise the chance of success and keep conversion rates high. Continuation of support by the estimating team on secured work is required where the construction teams face changes or require clarifications and a 360 degree assessment of our performance on projects means you will be engaged in them from commencement to completion in order to best ensure success of the estimating process. You will be working closely with our clients, their representatives, other stakeholders, our staff and sub-contractors on various types of works undertaken by the business, quite often at a very early stage. AFS is all about quality and as such the successful candidate will need to share our principles of professionalism, integrity as well as having an eye for detail and doing the right thing. This is an excellent opportunity with genuine progression opportunities for someone wishing to take on a new challenge with a reputable and expanding company. Role Description: The successful applicant will be required to: * Manage the estimating operation and the estimating team on behalf of the business. * Assess and prioritise incoming tenders and enquires. * Manage all aspects of the estimating process on opportunities identified as suitable. * Devise and allocate workload to ensure successful return of chosen enquires performing agreed levels of input into tenders and enquires. * Guide, engage the team and undertake the ‘pricing’ process as required including the production of schedules and take-offs where agreed. * Ensure client’s are engaged with and dealt with in a professional manner in all cases. * Ensure the successful return of quality & professional tenders complete with schedules, programmes, clarifications, etc as well as quality supporting documentation relating to scope, H&S, value engineering, etc as required. * Ensure all prices are robust and properly calculated and backed up by commitment from out supply chain where required. * Maximise the multi-divisional and diverse potential of AFS wherever possible. * Take the lead in relation to the handover of successfully secured projects to the project’s construction team. * Manage the 360 degree assessment of the estimating process on all tenders and enquires. Skills required: * Estimating experience gained in a similar working environment. * Strong ‘form of contract’ knowledge and appreciation of ‘pricing types’ and the differences in approach required. * Estimating from 1st principles * Staff and team management * Capability to work on multiple tenders and budgets. * Aptitude and ability to work as part of a team and autonomously. * Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality at all times. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills. * A professional outlook. * Good time management and organisational skills. * Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines