Trainee Estimator - Salford

Job description

ENGIE are recruiting for a Trainee Estimator to be based in Salford, M50 3BF. This is a permanent full time role working Monday to Thursday 08:00 - 16:30 Friday 08:00 - 16:00. On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package.

ENGIE is a leading energy and services company focused on three key activities: production and supply of energy, facilities management and regeneration. Our 17,000 employees combine these capabilities for the benefit of individuals, businesses and communities throughout the UK & Ireland. 

We enable customers to embrace a lower carbon, more efficient and increasingly digital world. Our customers benefit from our energy efficient and smart building solutions, the provision of effective and innovative services, the transformation of neighbourhoods through regeneration projects, and the supply of reliable, flexible and renewable energy.

ENGIE improves lives through better living and working environments. We help to balance performance with responsibility, enabling progress in a harmonious way.

We work alongside government departments, local authorities and the wider public sector as a strategic partner for developing more sustainable, efficient and vibrant communities.

Not only are we able to create and shape communities across the country, but we also have the expertise to maintain and support them – ensuring that we are offering sustainable initiatives that deliver a lifelong impact. We are a market leader in both urban regeneration and district energy,
a significant provider of place-based services and energy efficiency and we have the ability to develop smart digital solutions and the connected home.

At ENGIE, we are passionate about improving the lives of the communities that we serve so they can continue to thrive and grow. From homes to hospitals, schools to municipal buildings - our broad set of skills provides a unique offer that will make a real difference.

Our services include:
• Facilities management
• Business services
• Energy supply and efficiency
• Energy infrastructure
• Property services and maintenance
• Estate regeneration, including refurbishment
• Regenerating and maintaining community and public facilities
• Affordable homes and homes for older people

Globally, the ENGIE Group employs 150,000 people worldwide and achieved revenues of €66.6 billion in 2016.

Purpose of the Role:
To provide support to the estimating team to establish an accurate cost of a tender bid prior to adjudication.  To understand, implement and adhere to the company SHEQ policy/strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

·  To ensure tender adjudications have been arranged with the correct time frame sufficient notice 
·  To ensure that the correct members of the operations departments and board have been notified in good time for the tender adjudication
·  To ensure planning meetings have been arranged if necessary with sufficient notice
·  To ensure tender abstracts are completed correctly and agree sub contractors to be used for any given scheme with the operations departments
·  To ensure a site visit has been organised with the respective manager(s) from the operations departments and sub contractors if required
·  To ensure sub contract quotations have been collated and checked for compliance prior to use
·  Ensure all quotations and general administration support documents are filed accurately.
·  To ensure all tender documentation has been collated in sufficient time for the adjudication to be under taken
·  To attend tender adjudications in conjunction with a senior member of staff to understand the thinking behind established tender cost
·  To ensure that supporting tender documentation has been completed correctly and returning with priced tender documentation by due date and time 
·  Establish and maintain a good professional working relationship with all prospective clients
·  To ensure  a non-confrontational approach with any clients at any time
·  To ensure any post tender requirements of the client has been carried out
·  To ensure discipline and professional standards are maintained
·  Ensure that you are cognizant of associated risks applicable in carrying out their roles and that proper measures are adopted to manage, control and minimise any risks which may apply to their daily duties
·  Comply with the terms and conditions detailed within the employees handbook
·  Comply with the operating procedures of the Estimating Department
·  Look to develop good working relationships with manufacturers, suppliers etc  and generate new business opportunities for the company 
·  To ensure all post tender documentation has been completed and returned to Estimating Support.
·  Any other ad hoc duties required by the Estimating Department 

For more information about Keepmoat Regeneration please visit:https://www.keepmoatregen.com/

What we are looking for:

Skills and abilities

·  Ability to use own initiative as well as working effectively as part of a team
·  Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise own workload
·  First rate communication skills both written and verbal
·  Excellent attention to detail
·  Proven leadership skills with the ability to effectively delegates as appropriate
Experience

·  Experience of working on Social Housing / Education projects
·  Excellent Excel Skills
·  Working experience of presenting technical and complex information 

Why work for us?

At Keepmoat Regeneration we pride ourselves on being a great place to work. As the market leader in our industry we want to ensure that we attract, motivate and retain the best people who can deliver the best service for our customers.

We offer you:

·  Competitive rates of pay – We regularly check our pay against our competitors to make sure they reflect our position as market leader. We also review our pay every year.
·  Bonus Scheme – Our annual bonus scheme is linked to team and company performance.
·  Special offers for staff – We run a range of offers and discounts exclusively for our employees including holidays, health club memberships and days out.
·  Trust – We encourage you to come up with ideas and get the most out of your job with us.
·  Recognition – We have a scheme to reward people who go the extra mile for our company.
·  Development – we offer genuine development opportunities to progress your career. For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. Keepmoat Regeneration do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

This job advert is supported by the Keepmoat Regeneration Resourcing Team. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to Keepmoat Regeneration Managers.