Posted 17 March 2025
Job ref: 241032SMW
Senior Estimator
- Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
- Salary: £440 - 520 per day
- Category
- Sector: Rail and Transportation
- Contract type Contract
- Consultant: Scarlet Wilson
- Senior Estimator
- £440 - £520 p/d (inside IR35)
- Hybrid working - 3 days based in one of the following offices; Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, York
- Duration: 6+ months
Our client are a leading engineering and design consultancy that specialises in projects across the infrastructure sector.
Their Project & Programme Services team are looking to hire senior estimator / estimating manager to support their growing business on a range of transport projects.
We are looking for individuals with the following:
- Being able to support and lead on estimates from feasibility through to detailed design. Producing high-level order of magnitude costs and be capable of producing first principal estimates at the later stages.
- Production of activity schedules and bills of quantities
- An advanced understanding of the typical methods of measurements used in the UK and the ability to complete a full take-off independently. This includes proficiency in an estimating software.
- A comprehensive knowledge of indirect costs and other fees to complete an estimate.
- Strong stakeholder engagement including being able to work with engineers, clients and authority to complete an estimate.
- Being client facing and the focal point for all of our clients in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
- Being able to review all outputs of junior estimators and provide guidance to them on projects.
- Independently write a basis-of-estimate report to be reviewed by a director within the team prior to submission.
- Being able to benchmark outputs against other market data to provide further evidence to the client.
- Support the wider business in estimating bids and technical development.
For more information, please contact Scarlet Wilson.