Estimating and Cost Control Manager at R28 Limited

R28 Limited is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Estimating and Cost Control Manager

Location: Lagos

Job Objective

Leading and managing the development of effective and profitable construction solutions for strategic bids, projects and partnering opportunities with new target organisations and existing strategic /major clients.
Performs cost and risk estimating, analysis, and control activities.
Supports project organizational and administrative activities when delegated

Roles and Responsibilities

Lead, manage the workload and allocation of Cost Management resource within assigned bid teams
Lead the Estimating team, including managing the workload and allocation of estimating resource within assigned bid teams. Undertake the role of Estimator on projects, where required
Analyse enquiry contents, extracting commercial requirements and advising all interested/participating departments of the requirements.
Review client’s drawings and specifications to prepare accurate costing sheets for materials, labour and equipment
Ensure compliance with company procedures, including pre-construction gate process
Review tender documents and submission requirements, ensuring all financial information is identified and provided
Finalise estimates and prepare tender submission, including all qualifications, considerations and supporting documentation.
Interpret the “scope of work” and where necessary formulate and place sub-contract enquiries and appraise subsequent responses
Manage and coordinate the preparation of preliminary and general expense pricing, including plant schedules and risk assessment
Prepare tender negotiation papers and carry out any belated adjustments as a result of tender negotiations
Provide bills of allowances as part of the commercial handover meeting
Responsibility for ‘sign off’ of all cost elements prior to any gate meetings or financial submissions
Participate in the selection of suitable sub-contractors and specialists for each project
Ensure that key specialists are utilised on each bid to optimise design, specification, programme and value
Manage the production of cost information and tender submissions for senior management
Provide considered responses to client questions including post tender queries
Ensure that the project commercial team have received an effective handover of bid documentation. Carry out a review of resultant “contract document”, attend post tender meetings, arrange/attend kick-off meetings internally or with clients as necessary and deal with post contract queries.
Manage client contact, present tender proposals to clients and contribute to client meetings during the tender process
Seek to understand, lead the development of and implement the appropriate digital toolsets to execute cost takeoff and other estimating activities, such as 5D cost planning
Attend or carry out periodic Tender Health Checks and formal risk reviews to ensure that the identified risks are mitigated as far as possible in tender submissions
Ensure that cost planning and estimating are accurate and reflect the project requirements and risk profile
Provide mentoring on bids to Estimators and the bid teams, including commercial and technical advice
Maintain the company supply chain database/Estimating System with tender information from allocated bids
Carry out measurement and take-offs, pricing and entering into the system

Qualification/Experience

A good university degree in Quantity Survey from a recognised Higher Institution. Minimum of 10 years’ experience managing the process of estimating building and civil engineering projects within the Construction Industry.
Membership of a relevant professional body and/or relevant professional qualification is desirable, such as RICS/CIOB/RIBA/ICE/CIBSE/NIQS.

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