Senior Estimator

Hill & Hill Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hill & Hill Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Senior Estimator based at our client’s head office in East London. The role reports to the Commercial Director and focuses on delivering accurate cost estimates for major residential and mixed-use schemes.

Key duties include leading tender submissions, coordinating with the bid team, and advising on construction methods while monitoring market trends. Excellent client and stakeholder relationships are essential.

Responsibilities

• Promote and maintain professional relations with Client, Consultants, sub-contractors, suppliers and authorities.
• Work with Bid Team to lead a unified tender submission approach.
• Audit tender docs and flag discrepancies, risks, or contradictions to senior estimators.
• Prepare a detailed project cost estimate including preliminaries, attendances, fees, labour, sub-contractors and plant.
• Liaise with Development Manager/Planner/Contract Managers to set construction method and programme.

Job description

Our client is a developer / contractor undertaking major new build residential & mixed-use schemes across the country.

The need now exists for a Senior Estimator to join the team out of their head office in East London.

The position will report into the Commercial Director.

Objectives:

• To provide the Directors with an accurate and reasoned estimate of cost for each construction project.
• To ensure good relationships with our Clients, their Consultants, our Consultants, Sub-contractors and suppliers.
• To obtain sub-contract and material quotations for elements of construction projects.
• To lead the estimating process and the preparation of tender submission documents.
• To actively research and advise upon alternative construction processes.
• To audit the administration of each tender and ensure compliance with company procedures.
• To actively participate with the project team to the benefit of each project.
• To monitor and report upon submitted tenders and market trends/conditions.

Responsibilities:

• To promote and maintain good and professional relations with the Client, Consultants, Sub-contractors, Suppliers and Statutory Authorities.
• To work with the Bid Team to engender and lead a team approach for each tender submission.
• To audit the tender documentation and bring to the attention of the Chief Estimator and Operations Director any discrepancies, shortfalls, contradictions, risks etc. that are included within the documents.
• To prepare a detailed cost estimate for the project including preliminaries, attendances, statutory fees, increased costs, labour, sub-contractor, plant, consultant fees etc.
• To liaise with Development Manager/Planner/Contract Managers to establish a method of construction and programme for the works.

In return, our client is offering a basic salary between 90k - 100k (depending on experience) + full package & bonus on top.