As an Estimator at Tata Steel in IJmuiden, you provide reliable cost estimates and budget forecasts for maintenance works, tenders, and project variations. Working closely with Maintenance and Procurement teams, you deliver cost analyses and commercial insights that support effective planning, cost control, and transparent project execution under optimal conditions.
You are responsible for preparing cost estimates and budgets for maintenance activities and projects within the portfolio. You collect, organize, and evaluate relevant financial information, identify deviations and ambiguities, and prepare estimates in various stages of preparation.
You assess, interpret, and analyze the scope and complexity of maintenance activities, evaluate supplier quotations for completeness of scope and price level, and provide second opinions on cost estimates from third parties.
Additionally, you make financial data and overviews available to stakeholders and support the optimization of calculation methods and budgeting techniques. You work closely with project managers, maintenance departments, procurement, and external contractors to ensure realistic cost approaches, and you are the sparring partner for cost-conscious project execution.
As estimator at Tata Steel you...
Prepare cost estimates and budgets for small tenders and project variations by collecting, structuring, and evaluating relevant financial information, and delivering well-substantiated estimates in various preparation stages.
Prepare cost estimates for maintenance activities by performing pre-calculations, counter-calculations, and post-calculations, identifying deviations and ambiguities, and preparing estimates in various stages of preparation.
Evaluate quotations and requests for completeness of scope and price level, assess supplier quotations, provide second opinions on cost estimates from third parties, and ask specific questions to arrive at well-substantiated estimates.
Provide cost-related advice to project managers, maintenance departments, procurement, and cost controllers by advising on realistic project estimates and calculating the consequences of changes on budgets and project execution.
Maintain relationships and data by keeping in contact with maintenance departments, procurement, and contractors, aligning on scope and assumptions, and making financial data and overviews available to stakeholders.
