High Voltage Estimator

Here's what you'll be doing

Base location - Flexible (Hybrid working)

Regular national travel. Flexibility required to suit the needs of the business

Salary - £49,995 - £63,832 plus excellent company benefits

The Lighting & Grid business here at E.ON has decades of experience providing energy efficient street lighting solutions and electrical grid connections across the UK. From small-scale upgrade and maintenance projects to large new infrastructure developments.

With significant group-funded investment, we have a fantastic opportunity to join our ICP team on an exciting journey within our Lighting and Grid business, want to make a difference then get applying today!

Here's what you will be doing

In this role you will have expert knowledge of the tendering process whilst being capable of dealing with a wide range of cost-planning activities.

You will have the ability to perform detailed reviews of technical drawings and associated documentation and be responsible for both the creation and analysis of cost plans and risk profiling for a wide range of HV and ICP construction projects, including full measurement and detailed rating exercises.

You will also be capable of easily visualising outline designs, drawings and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for both establishing tenders and managing complex bids from initial enquiry, all the way through to the final submission to the client team.
• Take-off and quantification of engineering / technical drawings prior to the generation of cost plans.
• To drive the Sales, Bid, Design, Project and Procurement teams to structure and continually improve the commercial competitiveness of E.ON's position, whilst maintaining delivery quality and security of supply.
• Continually push the boundaries of best practice whilst also promoting this ethos with stakeholders (both internal and external).
• Assist with the validation of client team tender content, supporting Sales, Bid and Design / Engineering to develop viable solutions.
• Identifying & reporting of risk and value-added opportunities whilst ensuring their consideration and / or mitigation are evident in E.ON's proposals.
• Administration of tender adjudication process resulting in the generation of the commercial outputs (ATB figures) and base CVR.
• Contribute to the generation of bid document content.
• Working with the Sales and Bid teams to establish new opportunities but also developing existing relationships.
• Provide technical and commercial support to the delivery team and to assist in the resolution of conflicts with suppliers and contractors should they arise.
• Analyse business practices and market conditions to evaluate bid responsiveness, contractor responsibility and performance.
• Visiting client, contractor and supplier offices and sites if required.
• Providing structured and appropriate feedback to the supply chain.

What we need from you

• Appropriate engineering or commercial qualification e.g. Degree / Diploma.
• In-depth knowledge of high-voltage and low-voltage electrical supply networks.
• In-depth knowledge of utility networks.
• Working knowledge of planning tools and software.
• Strong understanding of the commercial impact relating to decisions.
• Familiar with lean tools such as 8D and statistical analysis.
• Leadership and coaching skills with the ability to motivate on an individual and a team level.

Here's what you need to know

Our market-leading benefits package includes 26 days holiday + bank holidays, a generous pension scheme, life cover, bonus, and the chance to choose from 20 flexible benefits with tax and/or NI savings. In fact, our benefits package recently won the Personnel Today Reward, Recognition and Benefits Award 2022!

As the only energy company to feature in The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers (our 2022/23 ranking is 15th) we've proven that we're committed to equal opportunities and actively promote a diverse and inclusive working environment, and fairness for everyone.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we interview every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

We've exciting opportunities for everyone to develop their talent at E.ON. Our open access, inclusive talent networks provide networking, learning and development for all, building your skills, qualifications, and capabilities throughout your career.

At a glance

Reference no.: 232271 Closing date: 06/12/2024 Salary: £49,995 - £63,832

Get in touch

If you have any questions please contact the Recruiter, Lis at lis.wood@eon-uk.com. Please note, CV's emailed directly will not be considered.

About us

E.ON is a privately owned international energy company. Our 75,000 colleagues in 15 countries work daily towards the improvement of technical innovations and user-friendly customer solutions for the new energy world. We are the first large energy company to focus more heavily upon the energy of the future through our three business areas of energy networks, renewable energies and customer solutions.

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