Estimator – Planned Works & Refurbishment

Daniel Owen Ltd; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Company bonus scheme

25 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Pension and medical scheme options

Life assurance and discounts

Job summary

Daniel Owen Ltd is recruiting an Estimator to join its Planned Works division in Warrington. The role focuses on pricing planned maintenance and refurbishment programmes for social housing, healthcare, education, and commercial properties.

You will work with pre-construction teams to deliver accurate pricing, take-offs and competitive tenders, coordinating with operations, design and supply chain to ensure deliverability and compliance.

Qualifications

• Three years estimating experience in a main contractor, planned works, refurbishment or social housing.
• Strong commercial awareness and numerical ability.
• Experience working with Schedules of Rates, NHF frameworks, NRM2 or SMM7.
• Confident communicating with suppliers, subcontractors and internal stakeholders.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• PAS 2035 retrofit exposure would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Producing detailed take-offs, measurements and cost build-ups covering labour, plant, materials, preliminaries and overheads.
• Preparing compliant tender submissions, including assumptions, clarifications and risk registers.
• Pricing works using Schedules of Rates, including NHF frameworks.
• Issuing subcontractor and supplier enquiries, analysing returns and benchmarking rates.
• Maintaining accurate estimating records and rate libraries.
• Identifying value-engineering opportunities without compromising quality or compliance.
• Managing tender queries and Requests for Information.
• Supporting pre-start handovers to operational and commercial teams.
• Managing multiple tenders while working to strict submission deadlines.

Skills

Estimating experience

Commercial awareness

Numerical ability

Clear communication

Deadline management

PAS 2035 exposure

Tools

Excel

Causeway

Conquest

Evaluate

Candy

Job description

Daniel Owen Ltd is recruiting an Estimator to join its Planned Works division in Warrington. The role focuses on pricing planned maintenance and refurbishment programmes for social housing, healthcare, education, and commercial properties.

You will work with pre-construction teams to deliver accurate pricing, take-offs and competitive tenders, coordinating with operations, design and supply chain to ensure deliverability and compliance.