Senior Estimator

ICE Recruit; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Bonus

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Health screening

Maternity/Paternity pay

Wedding bonus

Canteen facilities

Professional development

Discounts

Gym membership

Cycle to work

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a Senior Estimator to join the Transportation team based in Golborne (WA3 3JD). The role focuses on civil and rail projects, producing tender documentation, BOQs and commercial analyses for complex bids.

The candidate should bring proven estimating experience in civils/bridges with rail exposure, strong negotiation skills and NEC contract understanding. The team delivers high-quality transport solutions with a safety-first culture.

Qualifications

• Proven estimating experience in civils, bridges and rail sector.
• Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
• Excellent knowledge of NEC contracts and construction processes.

Responsibilities

• Establish and promote health, safety and environmental best practices.
• Attend project start-up meetings and site visits.
• Produce enquiry schedules from tender docs and drawings.
• Prepare commercial documents for tender handover.
• Input to project risk registers and attend risk meetings.
• Review tender documents for scope and risk.

Skills

Estimating experience

Civil engineering

Structures

Bridges

Rail background

Analytical skills

Technical skills

Tools

CCS Candy

Excel

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Estimatorto work with Transportation team at Golborne - WA3 3JD.

With a proud history dating back to the 1960s, we provide practical, innovative results, working around the individual needs of our customers. Rail renewals to enhancements, bridge building, highways, ports and emergency earthworks – our award-winning team has extensive experience and has been involved in projects that have changed the face of transport networks in three countries.

We dedicate ourselves to being ‘better engineered’ to ensure our transportation infrastructure solutions meet and exceed customer requirements, delivering value for money through innovation.

A day in the life of a Senior Murphy Estimator

• Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department.
• Attend project start-up meetings and make site visits.
• Produce enquiry schedules for scope of works & packages required from the tender documentation, drawings and specifications issued.
• Identify tender deliverables required from the Project Designers.
• Evaluate returned quotations from suppliers and where necessary enters into correspondence with suppliers to bring quotations in line with the project specification requirements.
• Prepare BOQ for scopes of projects on estimating programs (such as Excel, Causeway, CCS Candy & Kubus).
• Input to project risk register and attends a project risk meeting in the presence of Estimators, Planning Engineers, Design Co-ordinators and Clients representatives.
• Attend tender price settlement meetings in the presence of the tender team with Estimating Manager,
• Attend Tender Handover meetings in the presence of Estimators and projects team.
• Prepare commercial documents for tender handover to projects team.
• Carry out duties / functions under JMS Quality and Health & Safety Management Systems.
• Assist the Estimating Manager in promoting interaction with the appropriate functional leader to facilitate successful development of solutions to problems and estimates.
• Assist the Estimating Manager in working with the site commercial team to ensure budgets & programs are reflective of actual delivery experience.
• Make tender amendments where applicable utilising client feedback on submitted tenders.
• As necessary provide supports and respond to tender queries made by project team personnel.
• In conjunction with the Contract Manager / Senior Management review contract details relevant to the company's ability to deliver under the contract.
• Review tender documents assessing scope, risks involved, tender complexity and provide feedback to Estimating Manager

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Previous, proven estimating experience in civils, structures, bridges, ideally a rail backgroundAnalytical skills and technical skills
• Strong commercial awareness and a strong Negotiator
• High understanding of construction processes and contractual knowledge - NEC
• Experience with CCS Candy Estimating Software (preferred)

What’s in it for you?

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
• Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
• Above market rate contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
• Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
• Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £5.4bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy

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