Estimation Manager
ORASCOM CONSTRUCTION
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :20 years, 9 أشهر
• Establish and implement “best practices” and focuses on continuous improvement.
• Study, analyze, and evaluate tender documents from a technical point of view to identify risk factors, ensuring that technical terms comply with the relevant standards for the overall risk assessment and bid decision.
• Solicit and follow up with the design/ drafting section during tender preparation for method optimization to reach cost efficiency.
• Review and finalizes project cost estimates as prepared by the Estimation Engineers in terms of the required material as per bill of quantities, amount of work, material/ equipment/ and manpower requirements during the tendering phase.
• Liaise with the Procurement department to negotiate with approved vendors/suppliers and subcontractors for various supplies/materials as per project (pre/post tender).
• Finalize estimation of all direct and indirect costs and consolidates tender documents for management review and approval.
• Provide all the necessary project clarifications/ information upon project award to the Project Manager as per the project budget; advise the Project Manager on contractual rights, and remedies that have been taken into consideration during tendering.
• Generate weekly tender status reports highlighting progress on concerned tenders.
• Prepare and generates monthly progress reports highlighting tender wins/ losses (indicating reasons) for review and verification by the management.
• The advice in determining types of projects to bid on, strategies, techniques, etc.
• Assign estimating work, coach, mentor, and provide technical support to the estimating team.
• Coordinate with estimating & planning engineers to resolve design/system conflicts as well as coordinates the overall scope of work during the proposal phase.
• Evaluate subcontractor and vendor proposals. Review final estimate packages for accuracy and completeness before the formal quote.
• Participate in pre-bid meetings and corporate/client presentation meetings as required.
• Ensure historical data is documented and archived on each quoted project.
• Maintain databases of standard material costs and various market pricing models.
• Manage and monitors the performance of direct reports and guidance as and when required.
• Familiarize with all contractual aspects of the project.
• Evaluate all contractual correspondences between clients and Commercial Manager to recommend a suitable response.
• Ensure that any delays in project works are properly accounted for and documented in order to avoid possible liability to the company.
• Negotiate extensions of timelines and deadlines whether against or with the main contractor.
• Certify progress claims and payments to contractors against work completed.
• Verify that the final contract is congruent with the original letter of intent.
• Submit an evaluation of the monthly progress bill/invoice for the project to the Commercial Manager.
• Monitor contract timings to anticipate any possible delays in meeting contract deadlines.
• Prepare all letters of work variation and associated justification of discrepancies.
• Advise project manager on how to respond to contractual claims, delays, etc.
• Submit an evaluation of the monthly progress invoice for the project site. Follow up on any delays in the work of other contractors on the project site and the resulting consequences to the company.
• Coordinate and liaise with the Estimation and Procurement Departments as well as other contractors on the project site in all matters relating to the project finances, expenditures, delays, required materials, etc.
• Receive RFQ inquiries, and review the scope of work, technical specifications, contract drawings & BOQ to ensure compliance & adherence with systems under the scope.
• Coordinate the preparation of tender documentation queries to consultants/clients to clear ambiguities and to confirm/collect any missing data including costs, insurance, and any other requirements.
• Coordinate and undertake the preparation of specification documents to be submitted to vendors for priced quotes of materials & equipment and evaluate same against tender specifications to include in the final tender documentation.
• Check technical proposals from suppliers & sub-contractors to verify the technical compliance and completeness.
• Coordinate and undertake the review and generation of BOQ against system drawings to ensure alignment and identify material types & quantities and prepare equipment lists & rough drawings for cost estimation.
• Develop tender cost summaries including equipment, materials, and labor calculations for final approval.
• Coordinate with all the proposal/bid team members to ensure completion of various activities and deliverables are on time, arrive at solutions for any unresolved issues, and ensure smooth flow of inter-disciplinary inputs through periodic discussions with the discipline engineers.
• Ensure generation of all deliverables by engineering disciplines as per bid requirement.
• Coordination of pre-bid and post-bid meetings with stakeholders for techno-commercial discussion.
• Report to the Estimation Manager regularly about progress and areas of difficulty.
• Monitor and maintain the security of information and data.
• Compiled the cost of the subcontractors and all the indirect costs that occurred in the project.
• Support in the full handover to the project team after project awarding.
• Coordinate during the construction phase and ensure that the estimate provided was effective.
Civil Engineering Diploma in Structural Engineering