Job Description

• Salary Grade: Grade8-Mid Level Seniority
• Team: Sales & Technical
• Service Area: Sales & Delivery
• Political Restriction: N/A
• Responsible To: Senior Management Team
• Responsible For:N/A

Role Purpose
To show reasonable competence and responsibility in ascertaining quality and prices for a company product and services.
To draw AutoCAD,3D drawings and Rendition of AutoCAD and 3D drawings.

Role Responsibilities

• Calculate and determine how much it will cost a company to complete a project or provide a service or products to your esteemed clients.
• Access quality of products and give assurance of services provided.
• Laise directly with customers on progress and resolve any technical queries or any identified gaps.
• Develop and maintain relationships with vendors and contractors.
• Prepare bidding documents for bid openings and offers/proposals.
• Evaluate drawings, site surveys, existing estimates, site conditions.
• Perform risk assessments and analysis and help determine the project cost and available material resources to reasonably estimate the cost of the project.
• Review access quotes and advise on cost estimates.
• Create and analyse required documents such as designs, blueprints, and relevant project plans to gain understanding of the project.
• Determine what factors of production will influence the cost of a service or product.
• Manage bids and prepare bidding documents for bids, offers or proposals.
• Prepare and present estimates to management and other stakeholders.
• Compile and document actual costs of projects.
• Provide costing and quotation in a timely manner in line with customer drawings and specifications.
• Carryout timely routine follow up on quotations.
• Any other duty assigned by senior management.

Required Skills or Experience

Educational Background

• BSc-Engineering, Construction management, construction science, Architecture, or relevant field
• Added advantage: MBA-Relevant field, Background or related course in Accounting.

Person Specification

• Essential and desirable criteria (skills and competencies) that a candidate should have to perform the job.
• Each of the criteria listed below will be measured through; the application form (A), a test / exercise (T), an interview (I), a presentation (P) or documentation (D).

Essential Criteria

• Either hold a full relevant professional qualification or have significant experience of managing large projects in construction sector
• The ability to independently interpret and analyse varied and complex information or situations and to produce solutions over the long term
• The ability to communicate complicated and contentious information with varied audiences in person and/or writing.
• Have experience of using ICT including relevant Engineering/Transport Planning/Sales systems e.g. CAD
• The ability to make frequent decisions and exercise initiative independently to fulfil the requirements of the role
• The ability to work under a high degree of pressure, including meeting unpredictable deadlines and dealing with conflicting demands
• The ability to cope in situations where there is an emotional demand arising from the work being undertaken
• Ability to provide day to day supervision to less-experienced members of the team including delegation and checking of work and provision of technical guidance, also covering for, and providing technical support to the Team  CLeader as required
• Experience of monitoring and managing project budgets
• Experience of contributing to the development of Engineering/Transport Planning/Sales Policies and Procedures
• The ability to persuade others to adopt a course of action which is not necessarily their preferred approach

Desirable Criteria

• Detail Oriented, having a good eye for details
• Planning and thinking ahead/proactiveness
• Excellent time management
• An eye for quality/quality assurance
• Good vendor management
• Ability to work independently and also an integral part of a team

Working Conditions
Health & Safety at Work

• To take responsibility for your own health, safety and wellbeing, and undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities for your role as specified within employers Health and Safety
• Policy, and all other relevant health and safety policies, arrangements, procedures, systems of work as specified for the post/ role.

Potential Hazards & Risks

• Industry specific hazards