Estimator

Frontier Resourcing; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major consulting firm in Bridgwater is seeking an experienced Estimator to join a project controls team for a significant nuclear infrastructure programme. You will develop and validate cost estimates, ensuring accuracy and compliance with governance processes. The ideal candidate will have experience in regulated sectors and a degree in Quantity Surveying or Engineering. This position offers competitive compensation and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Hybrid/flexible working options

Long-term career prospects

Qualifications

• Proven experience in estimating within highly regulated sectors.
• Understanding of nuclear-specific estimating methodologies.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed and accurate capital cost estimates.
• Interpret engineering drawings to derive estimating inputs.
• Work collaboratively with planning, risk, and engineering teams.

Skills

Estimating experience in regulated sectors

Nuclear-specific methodologies

Proficiency in Excel

Numerical and analytical skills

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or Engineering

Tools

Estimating software (e.g. Cleopatra, PRISM)

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Estimator to join a high-performing project controls team supporting a nationally significant nuclear infrastructure programme. This role is a unique opportunity to be part of one of the UK's largest and most complex low-carbon projects, contributing to the future of clean energy.

Working within a regulated environment, you will be responsible for producing and validating detailed estimates at all stages of the project lifecycle, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and alignment with governance processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop detailed and accurate capital cost estimates in line with project scope and technical requirements

• Interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and work breakdown structures to derive estimating inputs

• Work collaboratively with planning, risk, procurement, and engineering teams

• Apply nuclear-specific norms, productivity factors, and escalation rates

• Support benchmarking, contingency assessment, and cost risk analysis exercises

• Ensure estimates align with governance frameworks and client assurance processes

• Assist with market testing, tender comparisons, and commercial evaluations

• Maintain estimate databases, tools, and documentation in accordance with programme standards

• Present estimate deliverables in structured formats for internal and external stakeholders

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in estimating within highly regulated sectors (nuclear, defence, infrastructure, etc.)

• Understanding of nuclear-specific estimating methodologies and safety case impacts

• Proficiency in estimating software and tools (e.g. Excel, Cleopatra, PRISM, or similar)

• Familiarity with WBS development, cost codes, and quantity-based estimating

• Ability to interpret and work with engineering documents and contractual frameworks

• Strong numerical and analytical skills with attention to detail

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or similar (or equivalent experience)

What’s On Offer

• Involvement in one of the UK’s flagship nuclear energy programmes

• Opportunity to influence cost outcomes on critical national infrastructure

• Structured development within a dedicated nuclear project controls environment

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Hybrid/flexible working options

• Long-term career prospects in a future-focused, regulated sector