HV Estimator

BRUSH Group; Hook; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holiday allowance 26 days + BH

Hybrid working

Life insurance 4x salary

Enhanced Pension

EAP 24/7

GP24 remote service

Bike2work

Long Service Awards

Professional development

Job summary

BRUSH Group is seeking an HV Estimator to price projects from enquiry through submission, covering 11 kV to 132 kV substations, cables and switchgear. You will own the cost build-up, assess risk and ensure bids are constructible by Design and Operations.

The role is based in Hook with hybrid working (3 days office, 2 days home) and a 40-hour week, collaborating across Design, Engineering, Procurement and Operations to deliver winning tenders.

Qualifications

• Ability to price from first principles using drawings and specs.
• Experience with HV pricing in DNO/IDNO contexts.
• Proven tendering and bid management capability.
• Strong Excel skills for cost modelling.

Responsibilities

• Take a job from enquiry to submission with full cost build-up.
• Read drawings, SLDs and specs to define scope and assumptions.
• Price substations, cable routes, transformers and switchgear.
• Engage with supply chain for quotes and maintain rates.
• Identify risks and cost-saving opportunities.
• Prepare priced schedule, project summary and internal pack.
• Coordinate with Design, Engineering, Procurement and Operations.
• Respond to bid queries and meet tender deadlines.
• Handover to delivery team post-tender.

Skills

First principles pricing

Read electrical drawings

HV pricing experience

Excel proficiency

Bid/tender management

Stakeholder management

G81 knowledge

NERS/ICP knowledge

132kV pricing

Education

HNC/HND in electrical engineering

Electrical engineering degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Why choose us?

BRUSH Group provides the energy solutions that help power our built world. From power transformers to switchgear and engineering solutions, for generations, the BRUSH brand has stood for engineering excellence. We are committed to supporting the global effort for industrial decarbonisation and sustainable development and have set ambitious objectives to achieve our target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

What's the role?

Reporting into the Estimating manager, the HV Estimating role prices the work that takes BRUSH Power Solutions from enquiry to a winning, deliverable bid. Most of it sits between 11 kV and 132 kV - substations, connections, cabling and the associated electrical plant/equipment. It is a permanent seat in a busy tendering team, supporting a strong pipeline of DNO, IDNO, industrial and renewable work. The estimator owns the number from first look at the drawings through to submission. That means a clean cost build-up, an honest view of risk, and a bid that Design and Operations can actually build if awarded.

Working Conditions - The role will be based from our Hook Office (Bartley Point) on a hybrid working basis (typically 3 days office 2 days home working). 40 contractual hours per week Monday - Friday.

Key Responsibilities

• Take a job from enquiry to submission and build the price from first principles - plant, materials, labour, plant hire, prelims, subcontract and risk.
• Ability to read the drawings, SLDs and specifications and be clear about what is in, what is out, and what we are assuming - including G81, DNO / IDNO and ENA requirements.
• Price the scope of works: substations, cable routes, transformers and switchgear, protection and control, civils interfaces, connections and commissioning.
• Go out to the supply chain, check the quotes, challenge them when they don’t look right, and keep our rates and supplier relationships current.
• Spot the risks, the programme pinch-points and the places we can save money - and write them down so nobody is surprised later.
• Put together the priced schedule, a project summary and the internal pack for internal approval.
• Liaise with Design, Engineering, Procurement and Operations while the price is being built
• Help with responding on any bid queries
• Achieve the tender return date.
• Support any post-tender meetings requests and complete a tender handover to the delivery team.
• Keep to BPS commercial, safety and quality standards on every submission

What We’re Looking For

• An HNC, HND or degree in electrical engineering (or related discipline) desirable however extensive hands-on operational experience demonstrating an equivalent level of technical capability is essential
• Ability to build a price from first principles and can show how the number was reached.
• Comfortable with drawings, SLDs and specifications, and able to turn them into a full cost model.
• Ability to challenge a number that doesn’t feel right and captures any assumptions made.
• Able to manage live tenders at various bid stages.
• Able to explain and present the work produced both internally and externally.
• Build good relationship with key stakeholders both internal and external.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Proven experience of HV pricing work in an ICP, DNO, IDNO, OEM solutions or principal-contractor setting.
• Has priced 33 kV and / or 132 kV jobs - substations, connections, cabling or similar - and can talk through how it was done.
• Working knowledge of G81, NERS / ICP requirements and DNO / IDNO specifications.
• Experience working with supply chain teams and working with design and delivery teams against a tender clock.
• Desirable, not essential: BESS, solar, data centre, industrial or rail HV connections.
• Desirable, not essential: transmission or EHV packages, and framework call-off pricing.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• Holiday allowance starting at 26 days per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time roles)
• Flexible and Hybrid working options (role dependant)
• Life insurance - 4 x annual salary
• Enhanced Company Pension scheme
• 24/7 free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• GP24 Service - Access to remote, private GP services 24/7, 365 days a year plus Second Medical Opinions.
• BRUSHRewards - Discover plenty of ways to get more active and make great savings on everyday essentials as well as gifts for loved ones, holidays and special treats for yourself.
• Family friendly policies including Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
• Bike2work scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Developing our people is important to us - we support and encourage development by offering ongoing professional development and training.

About The Organisation

BRUSH Power Solutions is able to deliver at every stage of a project’s lifecycle. From initial design and consultancy through to construction, testing, commissioning and connection, the team are on hand to provide comprehensive end-to-end HV infrastructure solutions for projects from 11kV to 400kV. Along with the expertise BRUSH Power Solutions offers, our wider Power division also includes specialist ICP-accredited energy infrastructure contractor, McGowan Infrastructure. Often working in fragile and protected environments, the team utilise sustainable technologies to operate in way that minimises environmental impact, increasing biodiversity, and restores natural habitats.