HV Estimator

BRUSH careers; Hooke; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Hybrid working options

Life insurance 4x salary

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

BRUSHRewards

Job summary

BRUSH Group is seeking an HV Estimator based at the Hook office, operating in a hybrid model (3 days in office, 2 days at home). You will price HV projects mainly between 11 kV and 132 kV, from enquiry to bid submission, building cost models, analysing risk, and supporting delivery teams.

The role requires experience with HV pricing in DNO/IDNO contexts or as a principal-contractor, strong Excel skills, and the ability to read drawings and specifications.

Qualifications

• HNC/HND or electrical engineering degree desirable; extensive hands-on experience in lieu of a degree is acceptable.
• Ability to price from first principles and explain how the number was reached.
• Comfort reading drawings, SLDs and specifications to build a full cost model.
• Able to challenge numbers and capture assumptions clearly.
• Experience managing live tenders at various bid stages.
• Able to communicate work clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and data handling abilities.
• HV pricing experience in ICP/DNO/IDNO settings or as a principal-contractor.

Responsibilities

• Take a bid from enquiry to submission and build price from first principles.
• Read drawings/SLDs/specs and validate scope inclusions and exclusions.
• Price the scope: substations, routes, transformers, switchgear, civils, commissioning.
• Engage supply chain, check quotes, challenge discrepancies, maintain rate integrity.
• Identify risks and savings; document assumptions for governance.
• Assemble priced schedule, project summary, and internal approval pack.
• Coordinate with Design, Engineering, Procurement and Operations during pricing.
• Respond to bid queries and meet tender deadlines.
• Support post-tender meetings and handover to delivery team.
• Maintain compliance with BRUSH commercial, safety and quality standards.

Skills

First principles pricing

Read drawings & SLDs

Excel proficiency

Tender management

Stakeholder management

Present work to team

HV pricing experience

Supply chain collaboration

Education

Electrical engineering degree (HNC/HND or degree)

Tools

Excel

Job description

HV Estimator

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.

Role Description

Reporting into the Estimating manager, the HV Estimator 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.

Contract type: Permanent

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 annumplus 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 Company

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.