Highways Estimator — Tech & Traffic Signals Tenders

Telent Technology Services Ltd; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days holiday

Company pension scheme

Wellbeing Portal

Telent Reward scheme discounts

Job summary

Telent Technology Services Ltd in the UK is seeking a detail‑driven Highways Estimator to drive costed bids for traffic signal projects and motorway schemes. You’ll join a team delivering essential infrastructure across highways technology, with a focus on accurate costing and robust risk assessment.

You’ll research materials, labour and overheads, work with bid managers, and liaise with procurement to propose the most cost‑effective delivery. Occasional travel to Warwick HQ is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar estimating role for technology or communication projects.
• Experience in highways, rail, technology or related industries.
• Ability to estimate costs for highways technology maintenance, installation and commissioning projects.
• Good Excel skills and MS Office proficiency.
• Understanding of NEC contract models and costing methodologies.
• Experience capturing and reflecting risk in opportunity modelling.

Responsibilities

• Pricing of Traffic Signals Scheme works.
• Research materials, equipment, transport and labour costs including producing risk and opportunity registers.
• Understand and accurately capture prelims, storage, survey, mobilisation and demobilisation requirements and associated costs to deliver technology schemes on highways.
• Provide technical support to the Bid Managers for preparing tenders to secure projects.
• Liaise with internal operational and procurement teams to determine the most cost efficient delivery model that will lead to improve on-site productivity, reduce waste and provide the most competitive tender price.
• Direct contact with the client i.e. Quantity Surveyors to pull together pricing information for the installation service tenders and respond to any technical query or questions.
• Develop our technical offerings and capabilities for Motorway and Roads communications and technology solutions.

Skills

Estimating

Excel

NEC contracts

Risk modelling

Stakeholder liaison

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Telent Technology Services Ltd in the UK is seeking a detail‑driven Highways Estimator to drive costed bids for traffic signal projects and motorway schemes. You’ll join a team delivering essential infrastructure across highways technology, with a focus on accurate costing and robust risk assessment.

You’ll research materials, labour and overheads, work with bid managers, and liaise with procurement to propose the most cost‑effective delivery. Occasional travel to Warwick HQ is required.