Estimators – Infrastructure – North E...

Turner & Townsend Group; Newcastle upon Tyne, Stockton-on-Tees, Sheffield, Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking company is seeking passionate Estimators to join their team in Newcastle upon Tyne. This role offers an incredible opportunity to contribute to major transformational programmes across the infrastructure sector. You will be responsible for producing accurate estimates and cost plans while supporting clients in achieving their ambitious goals. With a strong focus on work-life balance and an entrepreneurial culture, this innovative firm encourages its employees to influence the business directly. If you are looking to make a meaningful impact and grow your career, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Healthy work-life balance

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• High standard qualification in Estimating or Quantity Surveying is essential.
• Proven experience in large project environments required.

Responsibilities

• Produce accurate estimates and cost plans for projects efficiently.
• Manage the estimating process at project level with minimal supervision.

Skills

Estimating

Quantity Surveying

Data Analysis

Cost Planning

Education

Degree in Estimating or Quantity Surveying

Membership of a relevant professional body

Tools

Estimating software packages

Job description

• Full-time
• Department: Infrastructure

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

For 75 years we have been leading the delivery of major transformational programmes. Our success at realising outcomes for clients has resulted in significant growth. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious Net Zero programmes from over 118 offices worldwide.

Further to this success we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2025 vision. To achieve this, we need great people who are passionate about both delivering great outcomes to our clients and contributing to our future vision. This is made entirely possible through our entrepreneurial culture, allowing employees of all levels to directly influence the business and to own their career.

The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it.

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.

Owing to continued demand and our ambitious plans for growth, Turner & Townsend are looking to recruit Estimators and Senior Estimators with proven experience across the Infrastructure (Rail, Highways, Power, Marine, Water or Utilities) sector.

The North East & Yorkshire region has been successful in securing a number of long term commissions supporting a wide range of major programmes and portfolios of work. We are flexible on location; these opportunities are available across the region within our Newcastle, Teesside, Sheffield and Leeds offices.

You will be making the difference for our clients by supporting them as an embedded resource within their organisation or through ad-hoc pieces of work for multiple clients across the Infrastructure sector as part of the Turner & Townsend Estimating Hub. Although our work is predominantly for regionally based clients, as workload requires, our Estimators have the opportunity to work remotely (within region) on estimating tasks for our clients both nationally and internationally.

Our team deliver a wide range of Estimating and Commercial Intelligence outputs for our clients, to support their decision making, including:

• Estimate Production (from Order of Magnitude estimates through to detailed estimates built up from first principles);
• Estimating Support to Major Programme Set up;
• Data analysis and benchmarking.

As an Estimator at Turner & Townsend you will be responsible for:

• Production of accurate and comprehensive estimates and cost plans for projects in a timely and efficient manner;
• Control and management of the estimating process at project level;
• Production of estimates without management or supervision;
• Assist with the gathering and sharing of estimating data;
• Supporting development and promotion of estimating good practice within Turner & Townsend;
• Assisting in the achievement of departmental objectives;
• Staying abreast of developments within own technical area of expertise to be able to give best practice advice in line with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Qualified to high standard in Estimating or Quantity Surveying with proven relevant experience;
• Relevant successful experience of provision of estimating and/or QS services in a large project environment;
• Previous experience of working with estimating software packages;
• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status or working towards;
• Desirable membership of RICS / CIOB / A. Cost E.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.