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About the Role
Havelock One Interiors seeks an Estimator to prepare accurate and competitive job estimates for fit-out projects in Doha. The role involves reviewing enquiries, liaising with supply chain, analyzing quotes, and preparing tender submissions.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Receive contract enquiries, review and prepare plan of action to price enquiries within deadline
- Liaise with line manager and team to develop overall tender strategy
- Send enquiries to supply chain to obtain best prices from suitable suppliers
- Analyze supply chain quotes and negotiate best costs
- Prepare tender analysis information for internal and client presentation
- Install costs with sufficient detail for contract review
- Analyze mark ups for tender vet meetings
- Monitor tenders/quotations and attend client meetings
- Review enquiry details to identify opportunities, risks, and discrepancies
- Attend hand over meetings between Estimating and Operational/Commercial teams
Requirements
- 5 years of experience in fit out industry preparing estimates
- B.Tech, B.E or Diploma holder
- Knowledge of full tender process and value engineering
- Experience of analyzing trade comparisons
- IT literate – Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team
- Ability to manage own time to hit deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively in business English
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Role Summary
- The Estimator is in charge of working out job estimates in the most realistic, accurate and competitive way for the submission of quotations and tenders on enquiries received.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Receipt of contract enquiries, reviewing and preparing a plan of action to price the enquiries assigned within the deadline requested.
- Ability to follow through enquiry from client and help clarify scope to achieve quote accuracy in line with client’s instructions / expectations.
- Liaise with the line manager and other team members to develop the overall strategy for the tender.
- Send out enquiries to the supply chain to ensure the best prices are received by selecting the most suitable suppliers / manufacturing location for the project.
- Liaise and request support from other individuals in the organization to produce programmes and quality submissions as dictated by the enquiry/RFQ.
- Analyze the supply chain quotes & negotiate the best costs with knowledge of raw material costs & manufacturing rate across various economies.
- Prepare tender analysis information & present in a professional fashion for both internal analysis & presentation to the client.
- Install the costs with sufficient detail to enable contract review.
- Analyze the mark ups for presentation at the tender vet meetings.
- Ensure the tender summary sheet is signed off in accordance with the procedure.
- Monitor the tenders/quotations and attend meetings with the clients as required.
- Review the enquiry in detail i.e., conditions of contract, specification, drawings, bill of materials etc., to identify opportunities, risks, discrepancies and qualify those suitably.
Personal Qualities
- 5 years of experience in fit out industry preparing estimates preferably with Qatar experience.
- B. Tech, B.E or Diploma holder.
- Knowledge of the full tender process and experience of value engineering.
- Experience of analysing trade comparisons.
- IT literate – Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
- Ability to manage your own time in order to hit deadlines.
- Ability to communicate effectively both internally and externally in ‘business English’ both in writing and orally.
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