Senior Estimator

Building a sustainable tomorrow

Senior Estimator South West of England (Predominately Devon & Cornwall)

Our Southern England & Wales (SEW) Preconstruction team has an exciting opportunity for a talented and experienced Senior Estimator to join their Estimating team. The team is responsible for work winning for Civil Engineering & Infrastructure Opportunities in our Region and covers pre-positioning, bid management, proposals, estimating and planning. We ensure that the business continues to operate and grow, by selecting the right opportunities and developing winning commercial offers and documents to secure contracts; it's a successful, vibrant, and diverse group with real team spirit and a supportive nature. You will be aligned with our framework office in Exeter and offices in Cornwall but there will be a hybrid working model allowing you to mix working from home or from any of our offices, with visits to our wastewater projects / offices throughout Cornwall.

Your mission

As a Senior Estimator, you will be responsible for the following:

• Co-ordinate with bid teams, colleagues in the estimating department and in the wider Pre-construction team
• 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
• Contribute to optioneering and feasibility assessments, value engineering proposals, 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 and other consultants, quantity surveyors and other third parties
• Organise and administer tender documents, correspondence, enquiries and quotations
• Challenge and contribute to all aspects of the bid preparation and submission and investigate safe and cost-effective solutions
• Collect and distribute feedback and maintain awareness of 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 priced risk and opportunity registers
• Prepare and communicate estimate information for bid review meetings and for handover to project teams
• Comply with company procedures

Who are we looking for?

• Degree, HND in Civil Engineering or NVQ equivalent level
• Suitable civil engineering project experience in management, engineering or commercial roles
• Experience in the Water Industry projects at pre-construction and construction stages is preferred
• Proven estimating experience in civil engineering bids
• Considerable variety in types of work and disciplines priced, with understanding of methods and typical production rates / outputs
• Demonstrable understanding of common forms of contract
• Should demonstrate leadership and management skills and have experience of managing a team to achieve deadlines

Whats in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• Company car / car allowance / travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

BAM Nuttall is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

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