Assistant Estimator

Balfour Beatty plc; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days annual leave

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Living Places is seeking an Estimator for highways maintenance and improvement schemes in Basingstoke. You will join the Work Winning Team to translate practical experience into winning bids and solutions.

Working with operations, bid professionals and commercial teams, you’ll develop competitive pricing, assess risks, and support tender responses to win long-term local authority contracts across the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience in highways maintenance, civil engineering or related delivery roles.
• Ability to review information and understand project delivery methods.
• Ability to identify risks, opportunities and delivery challenges.
• Strong collaboration to develop winning submissions.
• Interest in developing a career in estimating, bidding and work winning.

Responsibilities

• Develop pricing and cost estimates for highway schemes.
• Assess risks and opportunities to improve bid competitiveness.
• Support bid submissions and tender responses.
• Collaborate with operations to develop delivery solutions.
• Help secure projects that maintain and improve local highway networks.

Skills

Highways maintenance experience

Civil engineering background

Project delivery understanding

Risk assessment

Collaborative problem solving

Long-term estimating career interest

Job description

About The Role

Estimator – Highways Maintenance & Improvement Schemes Balfour Beatty Living Places (Basingstoke)

You don’t need to be an Estimator to become one. Many successful Estimators started in site, engineering, commercial, procurement or local authority highways roles. What they share is a strong understanding of project delivery, risk, and opportunity.

We're looking for an Estimator to join our Work Winning Team in Basingstoke, helping secure long-term local authority highways maintenance and improvement contracts across the UK. If you're ready to turn your practical experience into winning solutions, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

Working alongside operational, commercial and bid professionals, you'll help develop competitive and innovative solutions for local authority highways contracts.

You'll Play An Important Role In

• Developing pricing and cost estimates
• Assessing risks and opportunities
• Supporting bid submissions and tender responses
• Working with operational teams to develop delivery solutions
• Helping secure projects that maintain and improve local highway networks

Who we're looking for

• Have experience in highways maintenance, civil engineering, site delivery, engineering, commercial management, procurement or local authority services
• Enjoy reviewing information and understanding how projects will be delivered
• Can identify risks, opportunities and practical delivery challenges
• Like working collaboratively to solve problems and build winning submissions
• Want to develop a long-term career in estimating, bidding and work winning

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About Us

Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]