Modernisation Estimator

Job Purpose

Proactive involvement in the estimation/booking function by ensuring the timely production of accurate bid proposals and bid approvals for major projects by ensuring all necessary bid components are delivered to meet delivery targets, deadlines, and customer commitments for desired financial and operational performance.

Dimensions and Scope of Role

• No. of Direct Reports: Circa 0
• No. of Indirect Reports: Circa 0
• Financial Scope (Bid Value) Complexity: Circa £60m of throughput
• Complex Products (partially non-standard)

Key Internal and External Interfaces

• Key Internal Interfaces: MOD Sales Team & Support Function/Operations including factories/Support Functions
• Key External Interfaces: Third party suppliers

Key Accountabilities (What/Why/To Whom)

• Accountability for compliance to the Otis absolutes (Safety, Quality, Ethics) in respect of business area of responsibility to ensure business integrity in how Otis interacts with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Compliance with the company values and behaviors to align with our culture, identity, and beliefs to guide employee conduct that positively reflects positively on the organization.
• Financial Control: Follows the established financial controls throughout the bid process to ensure accurate representation of bid costs and risk mitigation by working closely with external/internal customers to provide an accurate estimation of all components of the bid and ensuring all bid risks associated with the project are highlighted during the risk approval process.
• Bid Approval Process: Compliance with the Otis sales methodology to prepare the bid pack for approval and ensuring specification requirements are either included or positively deviated from our pricing and bid.
• Booking Process: Compliance with the booking process by releasing equipment requirements to the Otis factory for manufacturing purposes according to relevant construction timescales enabling Operations to meet delivery targets and customer commitments.
• Contribute to the team objectives through collaboration, coordination, and effective communication by adapting the defined processes and ensuring individual accountability for output and results.
• Customer Focus: Build and maintain relationships with internal customers by understanding customer needs and to address bid challenges by creating win-win solutions and managing expectations.
• Process Compliance: Compliance with organisational processes and procedures to ensure a smooth and accurate bid submission in order to meet customer requirements.
• Organisational Complexity: Navigating the internal operational complexities for bids by analysing data and utilising subject matter experts and networks to resolve challenges arising and make informed business decisions.

Candidate Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in a project/bid preparation role
• Experience within the Engineering or Construction sector or Elevator and Escalator industry desirable
• Demonstratable experience in understanding architectural/structural schematic drawings
• Degree qualified at Bachelors level in Engineering or equivalent relevant experience

About Otis

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day. Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio. You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers!

We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company. When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model.

You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge. We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering, and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext!

Otis is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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