Making Possible
As a Senior Estimator, you will be responsible for the following:
Coordinate with bid teams, colleagues in the estimating department, the wider Pre-construction team, and ECI project teams.
Manage and deliver cost estimates at various stages in scheme development, scope definition, and design maturity to meet challenging timescales, including multiple iterations of budget and target prices.
Support the ECI project teams in preparing project budget costs, advising on value engineering and efficiencies, and producing the Construction Target Cost.
Contribute to optioneering and feasibility assessments, value engineering proposals, and liaise with bid and project teams representing a range of disciplines to develop and refine proposals and budget costs through to final target price estimates.
Liaise with clients, designers, other consultants, quantity surveyors, and third parties.
Organise and administer tender documents, correspondence, enquiries, and quotations.
Challenge and contribute to all aspects of bid preparation and submission, investigating safe and cost-effective solutions.
Collect and distribute feedback and maintain awareness of the latest techniques.
Prepare cost estimates from first principles using Candy estimating software.
Organise and participate in bid preparation and review meetings.
Prepare tender summary information and price risk and opportunity registers.
Prepare and communicate estimate information for bid review meetings and for handover to project teams.
Comply with the Company and Group bid governance procedures.
What do you bring to the role?
Degree, HND in Civil Engineering, or NVQ equivalent level.
Suitable civil engineering project experience in management, engineering, or commercial roles.
Proven estimating experience in civil engineering bids.
Experience across a variety of work types and disciplines, with understanding of methods and typical production rates/outputs.
Demonstrable understanding of common forms of contract.
Strong leadership and management skills, with experience managing a team to achieve deadlines.
What’s in it for you?
Competitive salary.
A wide range of family-friendly policies.
Company car, car allowance, or travel allowance.
8% matched pension contributions.
Private healthcare.
Life assurance.
26 days holiday.
2 wellbeing days.
1 volunteering day.
Personal and professional development opportunities.