Estimator - Piling

ONLi Group Ltd; Camberley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Piling contractor is seeking an estimator to join their team in Surrey. This role involves pricing geotechnical engineering solutions, developing bid strategies, and maintaining client relationships. Ideal candidates will have a civil engineering background, significant UK geotechnical industry experience, and excellent communication skills. The position requires a degree and offers opportunities for travel to various project sites.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of the UK geotechnical industry.
• Working knowledge of estimating geotechnical engineering solutions.
• Proven ability to work well in a team as well as independently.

Responsibilities

• Developing bid/win strategies for client requirements.
• Preparing cost studies for internal governance review.
• Maintaining and updating the Salesforce CRM database.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Effective time management

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Excellent IT skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Education

Relevant civil engineering degree or geotechnical engineering

Tools

Salesforce

Primavera P6

Candy

Job description

Our client is a leading Piling contractor with a major Projects Division that delivers high‑value multi‑discipline ground engineering schemes across the UK and Ireland. They offer a range of geotechnical solutions, as well as civil engineering, marine, and tunnelling works, and we have the flexibility to act as a principal contractor, joint venture partner or specialist subcontractor.

Reporting to the Projects Division Estimating Manager, they are seeking an estimator who has experience in the pricing and presentation to clients of geotechnical engineering solutions (e.g., diaphragm wall construction, piling works, grouting works, etc.), and someone who is interested in pricing works where they are working collaboratively with their clients, joint venture partners, and supply chain to overcome complex multi‑discipline civil engineering challenges.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assisting with the management of incoming enquiries including the assessment and prioritisation of business appropriate tender opportunities.
• Developing appropriate opportunity bid/win strategies to suit the requirements of their clients.
• Collaboratively working with their technical and operations team and supply chain to prepare conforming scheme and value engineering scheme cost studies for internal governance review.
• Liaise with the technical, operations, and commercial teams to ensure risks are recognised and mitigation strategies are agreed at the preconstruction stage.
• Writing and presenting tender offers to the clients.
• Engaging in client interactions and tender negotiations from receipt of enquiry through to contract award and project handover to the operations team.
• Maintain and update the Salesforce CRM database.
• Engaging with and assisting the Projects Division Business Development Manager in identifying appropriate future clients and major project opportunities that would benefit from the value the division has to offer.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• A relevant civil engineering degree or bias towards geotechnical engineering and professional qualification status is preferrable.
• Ability to discharge professional duties with integrity and ability to behave with integrity in relation to all conduct bearing upon the standing, reputation and dignity of the company.
• Have full regard to matters of health and safety, well‑being, the environment and sustainability.
• Significant experience of the UK geotechnical industry.
• An understanding of the geotechnical design process.
• Working knowledge and demonstrable experience of estimating geotechnical engineering solutions.
• Essential understanding of the capabilities of the company.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage with colleagues and clients.
• Proven ability to work well in a team as well as an individual.
• Effective time management to ensure task deadlines are met.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and driven to providing a quality product and service to clients.
• Excellent IT skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Salesforce.
• Knowledge of Primavera P6 and Candy is preferrable though not essential.
• Ability to develop professional knowledge, skills, and competence on a continuing basis and ability to aid the professional development of others.
• Full UK driving licence.

WORKING LOCATION

• Normally based in their Surrey office with the expectation of being present three days per Monday to Friday working week.
• Travel as required to client offices, joint venture partner and/or project opportunity offices, project opportunity site locations, and our clients regional offices.