As a MEICA Estimator, you will be responsible for developing MEICA estimates and tenders for our MEICA-related projects. The role will include the successful development of the project scope and design as it drives through the estimating and tendering process through to contract award. Your involvement in the projects will then continue as you provide advice and support to the Contracts Manager through the enabling phase of the project.
The tendering of Barhale MEICA projects and its strategy will be set by the Southern Regional Director in line with the MEICA aspect of the business plan. You will help to deliver this strategy by providing successful estimates and by contributing to decisions regarding; project methodology, programme & safety to ensure that we meet the client’s project requirements.
You will be a key link and part of an integral team that collaboratively works closely with the MEICA Contracts Manager, Project Manager, Project Engineers and Commercial team to meet the project requirements in a safe, efficient and environmentally sensitive manner.
As MEICA Estimator you will be expected to contribute fully to the growth of the MEICA business through successful project delivery. This will involve you getting into and owning the finite details of each project, to ensure that it is efficiently priced, programmed and planned to meet project milestones, whilst driving value and providing the required levels of contribution at all levels. It will also involve you in obtaining feedback from project outcomes as they are delivered to gather learning that can be embedded into future estimates.
Key Pricing Responsibilities:
Working with the MEICA Project & Barhale civils team to effectively managing the tender pricing process including tender appraisals and contribution to the enabling phase by:
- Developing the scope of work for the project with the MEICA team.
- Applying your experience of MEICA equipment and services used in the construction of Water and Wastewater Treatment Works to achieve a safe, efficient and environmentally friendly solution for each project.
- Contributing to process design development and then ensuring that designs are checked and verified and sufficiently developed to ensure accurate tender submissions.
- Management of our selected contractors ensuring quality of delivery and value for money in all tender submissions, including:
- Preparing material, equipment, and sub-contract enquiries.
- Collating and managing technical enquiries raised by our trusted supply chain partners and, evaluating their tender returns for compilation into the tender.
- Production of the MEICA cost estimate for tender submission by producing bottom-up estimates derived from the client scope & technical information
- Risk and value management during the tender period.
- Preparing budgets and cost plans.
- Ensure estimating & tender procedures (CPR230) and governance (PL101) as well as all levels of due diligence are followed before tender adjudication.
Additional Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Meeting and exceeding the Barhale business plan and client expectations at every step of the project lifecycle to ensure that we achieve successful outcomes, including:
- Assisting in the production of tender stage Method Statements and Programmes to support our Barhale tender submissions by working closely with the MEICA team.
- Contributing to and achieving all business unit and Barhale KPIs & KPMs focusing on developing and estimating a series of target costs.
- Ensuring that actual cost data and programme milestone delivery achievement is captured, so that you can compare actual outputs to tendered expectations, develop learning regarding these differences and share and embed this learning into future tenders.
- Promoting the use of innovative methods, materials & safe systems of work.
- Communicating clearly and effectively with senior management, designers, consultants, clients, and project teams on all relevant technical matters.
- Being the key point of contact between the project and the programme.
- Managing stakeholder communications and key messages for the project.
- Ensuring client specifications and requirements are met during delivery by reviewing progress and liaising with the Barhale MEICA and project team.
- Promoting and maintaining health & safety on all projects with the Project Manager and their teams whilst dealing with any day-to-day unexpected problems during the project, reporting this to the MEICA Contracts Manager when required.
Key Relationships:
- Head of Proposals, Regional Managers, Contracts Managers, Project Managers, Project Engineers, Project Planner & our MEICA Technical Team.
- Site Agents and Site team.
Person Specification:
- Full understanding of the complexities of MEICA equipment and systems holding the ability to communicate effectively with the wider Barhale Estimating team.
- Significant practical experience with MEICA equipment, plant, and the industry supply chain and a good understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes.
- Ability to evaluate proposals from the supply chain for MEICA equipment including scope of supply, technical compliance, and commercial offer.
- Able to interpret technical drawings from clients, develop baseline cost estimates and routines, and produce labour, plant, and material cost build-ups.
- Excellent communication skills harnessing the ability to effectively manage our Barhale MEICA team, 3rd parties and Barhale MEICA & Civil clients.
- Able to work not only on your initiative but also as part of a team to coordinate project-related activities with clients’ consultants and 3rd
- Good organisational skills.
- Methodical approach with a clear focus on client, customer, and quality.
- Able to prioritise a varied workload and demonstrate good time management to comply with deadlines.
Qualifications:
- A level, or equivalent plus either a foundation degree, HND or HNC.
- Experience in estimating in the Water and wastewater industry.
- MEICA (mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control, and automation) installation/commissioning knowledge as well as technical construction knowledge.
- Experience in estimating software such as Candy
- Experience with multiple forms of contracts as well as the operation of frameworks within the Water and wastewater industry.
- To have previously operated in a similar position around the estimating disciplines of MEICA, as a Mechanical or Electrical Estimator / Proposals Engineer.
- SMSTS/SSSTS qualification (Desirable).
- CSCS card qualification (Desirable).
- First Aid qualification (Desirable).
- 5-day SMSTS (Desirable).
Desirable Requirements:
- WIMES Standards familiarisation.
- Experience working within the utilities industry, especially Water and wastewater.
- Understanding of NEC contracts and their terms and conditions
- Strong communication skills – both written and oral.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office package.
- Thames Water Safety Passport (desirable).
- EUSR Water Hygiene card (desirable).
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office package.
Benefits:
As well as offering a competitive salary, remuneration for this role includes a range of benefits.
- 5% Company pension contribution
- Life Assurance at 2 x notional salary
- Private medical cover
- Permanent Health Cover
- Company Profit Share Scheme
- Company car / or car allowance (Dependent on position)
- Career Development and ongoing training
- Staff Referral Scheme
- 25 days annual leave with additional loyalty days (Full-Time equivalent)
- Volunteering Scheme
- Environmental and Social Value initiatives
About Barhale:
Barhale is one of the largest privately-owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists with 40 years of experience working UK-wide across the water, transport, built environment and energy sectors. Founded by our Chairman, Dennis Curran in 1980, the group was originally set up as a specialist tunnelling contractor. While we retain our tunnelling roots, repeated success in several construction industry sectors has enabled us to expand our skillset and become one of the largest privately-owned infrastructure specialists in the UK.
What we do
We provide design, construction, and maintenance services to the following sectors.
- Water
- Transport
- Energy
- Built EnvironmentWe also possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities including.
- Tunnelling
- MEICA capabilities
- In-house design
- A steel-fabrication and supply subsidiary (BCS Group)
Who we are?
Barhale operates as a tier-1 partner for blue-chip, regulated, and private clients. We work as part of large frameworks, joint ventures, and alliances and on individual projects developing long-standing relationships based on Trust, Integrity, and Pride.
Our People
We employ a direct workforce of over 1,000 employees nationwide. We recognise that our business is only as good as the people we employ, which is why we value them so highly and invest in regular training and development, utilising our dedicated training facility in Walsall.
Our commitment to career progression, personal development, innovation, collaborative working, diversity and Inclusion, health and wellbeing and work-life balance is what makes us a Gold Investors in People Company.