Electrical: Cost Estimator

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Greenro Solutions (Pty) Ltd Full time
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Matric (Grade 12) ND in Electrical Engineering  PREFFERED MEMBERSHIPS: Project Management Acc:reditation ECSA Membership Member of a Proposals Professional Body  

JOB PURPOSE:

Prepare project  cost  estimates  for tender  projects,  or  engineering  services  to  aid management in bidding on or determining price of projects or Services.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

3-5 years of formal estimating experience on industrial electrical projects. 3 years’ Experience in reading and analysing requests for proposal (RFPs) and requests for quotation (RFQs). Experience in reading and analysing technical requirements and drawings.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

§  Responsibilities across sales, projects, and engineering

§  Liaison with customers, partners & suppliers (Understand Requirements of customers/partners Suppliers)

§  Have an understanding of the partners business offering and negotiation 

§  Analyse tender requirements, drawings and other documentation

§  Prepare and maintain a directory database of suppliers, contractors and subcontractors

§  Conduct cost analyses to ensure profitability of the project is maintained

§  Searching for relevant tenders on various platforms and distribution to management

§  Coordinate activities, resources, equipment and information and deliver engineering projects according to plan

§  Analyse requirements, drawings and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials and labour estimates

§  Confer with engineers, designers, owners, contractors and sub-contractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates

§  Consult with clients, vendors, personnel in other departments to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve risk factors

§  Complete BOQ and Technical Data if required

§  Planning, architecting, and controlling the submission of large proposal and tender documents ensuring that submission deadlines are met, and the business submit the best proposal possible

§  Building most of the proposal / tender documents from existing generic content in consultation with the engineering team, sales team, projects team and management.

§  Improving and updating existing generic content used within proposal documents

§  Writing and editing new content which can be subsequently reused in future tender/proposal documents

§  Understanding design and installation requirements from documents (drawings, specifications, correspondence, etc)

§  Ensuring compliance to tender administrative and mandatory requirements

§  Review of CV’s, Qualifications, References and Certificates to align to mandatory tender requirements.

§  Ensure that the bid process is followed, and proper templates are used

§  Quality assurance and proof reading of the final proposal / tender documents

Maintain strong relationships with vendors/suppliers/partners/OEMs



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