Senior Estimator

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Private health care for family

Health care cash plan

Cycle to work

25 days annual leave

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

M Group is seeking an experienced Estimator to lead cost estimation and tender submissions for water and wastewater infrastructure projects. You will review drawings, specifications and client requirements to identify risks, opportunities and delivery strategies, coordinating input from operations, design, commercial and supply chain teams.

You will manage pricing for civils, pipelines and MEICA interfaces, support value engineering, and evaluate supplier quotations to deliver competitive bids.

Qualifications

• Proven estimating experience in UK water sector or civil engineering.
• Good knowledge of water & wastewater infrastructure, pipelines, treatment works.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of cost estimates and tender submissions for water and wastewater projects.
• Review drawings, specifications and client requirements to identify risks, opportunities and delivery strategies.
• Manage pricing for civils, pipelines, structures and MEICA interfaces; coordinate input from teams.
• Obtain and evaluate supplier quotations; support value engineering and risk management.

Skills

Estimating experience

Water sector knowledge

Framework bidding

Commercial acumen

Estimating software

Microsoft Office

Leadership & stakeholder mgmt

Education

Construction qualifications preferred

Tools

Estimating software

MS Office

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

Want to be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

You’ll lead the development of cost estimates and tender submissions for water and wastewater infrastructure projects along with reviewing drawings, specifications and client requirements to identify risks, opportunities and delivery strategies.

We’ll need you to manage pricing for civils, pipelines, structures, MEICA interfaces and associated enabling works as well as coordinating input from operational, design, commercial and supply chain teams to produce competitive bids.

You’ll obtain and evaluate supplier and subcontractor quotations, ensuring compliance with client and framework requirements and support value engineering, risk management and continuous improvement across the estimating function.

What you’ll bring

• - Do you have proven Estimating experience within the UK water sector or civil engineering environment.
• - Have you for strong knowledge of water and wastewater infrastructure, pipelines, treatment works and network projects?
• - Do you have experience of framework bidding, target cost contracts and collaborative delivery models?
• - Are you commercially astute with strong risk and opportunity assessment capabilities?
• - Are you proficient in estimating software and Microsoft Office?
• - Do you have excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills, with relevant construction qualifications preferred?

What’s in it for you?

• - 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
• - Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

In addition, this role offers;

• - 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 – family cover
• - Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• - 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• - Discretionary bonus scheme

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• - We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• - We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• - We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• - We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.