Junior Estimator

Job description / Role

• To provide administration support to the Contracting Business.
• Accountable for handling all customer enquiry in terms of maintain the enquiry log book, completing quotations, follow up on quotations , handling complaints, ensuring relevant information is received from the customer, maintain the commercial reports on monthly basis, and resolve any discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Manage pricing enquiries and secure orders.
• Prepares cost estimates by analysing proposals.
• The person will also provide the necessary support and expertise in the competent engagement of Sub-Contractors and is responsible for providing input into evaluating contract performance thereafter.

• 3 - 5 years’ experience in a similar role, Civil Engineering, preferably within Dubai or UAE.
• Preferably of main contracting or Asphalt background.
• Degree Civil Engineering
• Fully IT literate, with experience in the Microsoft operating system / Tools and internet applications
• Must speak English
• Financially numerate
• Excellent selling skills, particularly relationship building
• Excellent presentation skills
• Good communication skills in English
• Able to organize and prioritize own workload – A Self-starter.
• Able to work under pressure and to deadlines

About the Company

Colas Middle East is one of the largest and leading suppliers of aggregates and asphalt to the Middle East construction industry, in addition to asphalt laying and contracting services. As a specialized Asphalt contractor, we offer a unique combination of the most advanced technical expertise, local knowledge and financial stability.

Colas Middle East with eminent partners in the UAE, Oman and Qatar, has been in the region for the last 40 years. We produce on an average 8 million tonnes of Gabbro Aggregates and 1.6 million tonnes of Asphalt per annum.

Colas Middle East is operated and partially owned by Colas Group which is a French multinational civil engineering firm specialized in road construction. Colas Group operates in every aspect of construction and maintenance of road and other types of transport infrastructure as well as on projects involving urban development and recreational facilities.

Backed by a workforce of 60,000 people, Colas undertakes about 80,000 projects every year via a network of 800 construction units and 2000 material production sites in around fifty countries worldwide in five continents.