• Application Deadline:
• Position: Cost Estimator


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience


• Location Abuja


• Job Field Engineering / Technical 
  

Job Summary

This position is responsible for compiling job cost estimates, preliminary turnaround and/or project budgets, cost tracking, forecasting, and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Analyze Tendering documentations to prepare time, cost, materials, and labour estimates.


• Consult with vendors and personnel in other departments to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues;


• Ensure that clarifications are raised well in time to get better clarity on bid submission


• Review of Tender documents on receipt to ensure its completeness


• Review blueprints and product specifications to accurately determine the quantities of materials needed;


• Reviews drawings and specifications to determine costs; evaluates third-party estimates and tracks market costs to validate estimates.


• Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers, contractors and subcontractors.


• Solicit and review subcontractor proposals to aid bid submissions;


• Obtain material pricing and organize all the information necessary to create and submit proposals to clients;


• Ensure that commercial submissions of tenders are fully complied with all necessary details


• Use detailed spreadsheets and Client-approved templates to calculate the bid price;


• Designs, implements, and maintains cost estimating database(s) using various software applications.


• Traveling to job sites to gather information on materials, labour, and other factors that will influence the bid price.


• Proactively work with the Procurement Group to ensure Vendors RFQ Technical and Commercial Bid Evaluations are completed in a timely manner


• Take part in quality checks of completed bids in consonance to the bid requirement/check lists and ensure bid compliance to draft condition of contract in the ITT.


• Participate in site visits/pre-bid meetings


• Take part in the overall bid packaging exercise to ensure that bids are submitted on due date


• Any other activities as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Survey, Engineering or any discipline, Physics and Computer Science.

Benefits

• Great work culture and multiple opportunities for growth and self-development. 


• 18 days of annual leave, excluding federal public holidays. 


• Health Insurance coverage. 


• Monthly employer pension contribution. 


• On-site recreational/work-out facilities. 


• An opportunity to play an important role in building one of the top SaaS start-ups in the global emerging market.