Job Description

Our client has an opportunity for experienced Estimating & Pricing Specialist to join them on a short-term contract basis. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established organisation, providing class leading aviation support.

Role: Estimating & Pricing Specialist

Location: Bristol, Hybrid.

Days of work: Mon-Fri

IR35 Status: Inside

Security Clearance: Must be able to achieve Full SC/BPS. Can start with BPSS.

Hourly Rate: Discussed on Application

This is a full-time role with hybrid working options, based out of our clients Bristol site.

Contract Position 6 Months.

This Estimating & Pricing Specialist role will provide functional support and business partnering to an exciting and diverse portfolio of new business opportunities and campaigns across our client's organisation. Working in partnership with stakeholders this role offers challenging and diverse opportunities including the development of accurate cost and price models, risk mitigation and pricing strategies, improving our competitive advantage, client engagement, creating enduring profitable business propositions and optimising the use of available data for improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Leads development of complex estimates and pricing for technical requirements through the design, build and support stages of the programme

Leads development and application of pricing strategies using innovative computational techniques

Supports business proposals evaluates and makes recommendations based on complex requests for proposal, and substantiates the basis of estimates and pricing methods/data

Develops complex pricing models and business cases

Leads and performs complex analysis and provides recommendations in support of key pricing and estimating aspects (eg risk, financial, competitive)

Assures that technical requirements map to and meet solutions and are adequately costed, with challenges applied to ensure best value for money

Reviews and maintains cost and pricing data, determining database requirements and identifying new data sources

Experience Required:

Educated to degree level, preferably in a mathematical, financial or business-related discipline

Strong IT proficiency (particularly Excel and PowerPoint)

Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

A positive work attitude and team building approach

An adaptable and resilient character, able to cope with changing requirements and multiple priorities

Business partnering and influencing skills; able to explain and troubleshoot financial concerns with non-finance professionals

Prior experience of pricing bid and proposal activity is desirable

Prior experience of contracting with the UK Ministry of Defence or equivalent is desirable

To be successful in your application it is a requirement that you hold UK 'right to work' at the time of application