Cost Estimator at Oilserv Limited

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.

Closing: 31st, August 2023