Senior Estimator

Matchtech; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water contractor is seeking a Senior Estimator for their Southern Water projects. The role offers flexibility with remote, office, or hybrid working. You'll deliver timely and accurate estimates while supporting bids and contracts, liaising with suppliers, and advising on commercial risks. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering or Quantity Surveying and significant experience in the water industry. Benefits include a competitive salary, pension scheme, and private healthcare.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Life assurance

Private health care for you and your family

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Preferably degree qualified in engineering, Quantity Surveying, cost & planning or similar.
• Experience in the water industry is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide estimating support with bids and contracts ensuring robust pricing.
• Liaise with suppliers to produce accurate estimates/cost data.
• Assist the Senior Management Team on commercial risks around bids.

Skills

Water industry knowledge

Estimating tools and techniques

Commercial and contractual knowledge

Ability to influence change

Education

Degree in engineering or Quantity Surveying

Job description

Our tier 1 Water contractor client are seeking Senior Estimators on a permanent basis to support their Southern Water projects with remote and hybrid working considered.

Our client helps Water companies safeguard water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. They enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards.

This role will be within the water and wastewater capital project delivery team. These teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

As Senior Estimator you'll be part of an estimating team reporting to the Managing Estimator South on the Southern Water Framework. You'll be responsible for delivering accurate and timely estimates across a mix of one-off projects, packages of work for both Infrastructure Clean and Wastewater.

The location of the role could either be home based, office based or a combination of both dependant on the work needs and home location.

Responsibilities

• You’llprovide estimating support with bids and contracts. Ensuring robust pricing, risk management and governance.
• Assist and advise the Senior Management Team on commercial influences and risks around any bids.
• You’ll need to liaise with suppliers and subcontractors to produce accurate and timely estimates/cost data.
• Ensure, where possible, supplier/subcontractor terms are back-to-back with the client requirements, and, if not, to impact assess any deviations.
• Prioritising workload and assisting the team to produce results in a timely manner to meet business needs.
• Day to day liaison with, and influencing of, key stakeholders, such as customers and operational colleagues.
• develop and implement changes to process, following understanding of a need to make changes to improve performance.

Skills/qualifications/experience

• Preferably degree qualified in engineering, Quantity Surveying, cost & planning or similar
• Experience within the water industry is essential, preferably within both water and wastewater environments, but also advantageous to have other utility estimating experience
• Preferably experience of delivering water and/or wastewater projects
• Ability and desire to identify opportunities and influence change
• Ability to react to constant workloads and delegate accordingly
• Commercial and contractual knowledge and understanding
• Able to follow process and governance
• Knowledge of estimating tools and techniques

Benefits

• Salary £70-90k
• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Private health care for youand your family plus health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Personal Accident Cover