Senior Estimator

Talk Recruitment Ltd; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Pension

Bonus

Job summary

Talk Recruitment Ltd. is seeking an Assistant Estimator, Estimator, or Senior Estimator for a hybrid role in the UK construction sector. You will work within a major contractor’s preconstruction team, handling cost plans, tender submissions, and collaboration with design and procurement.

The role requires experience across building sectors and strong communication to influence affordability and cost-saving opportunities. A main contractor background is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in building sector projects and main contractor environments.
• Proven track record as an estimator at various levels.
• Strong communication skills with clients and teams.
• Experience across sectors (commercial, leisure, residential, healthcare, education) and tendering.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cost plans align with project scope, customer requirements, and legislation.
• Collaborate with preconstruction to secure tender projects.
• Create robust cost plans through design gateways to target price.
• Guide design teams on affordability and value opportunities.
• Identify risks and propose value-added solutions in costs and design.
• Lead procurement planning and manage supply chain relationships.

Skills

Knowledge of Building Sector

Experience as Estimator

Communication skills

Main Contractor experience

Education

Degree / HND / HNC

Job description

Assistant Estimator, Estimator or Senior Estimator – Construction / Building. East Midlands.

Hybrid / remote working role.

Opportunity for an Estimatorto join one of the UK’s largest privately owned main contractors working on tendering projects, predominantly public sector, for the East Midlands Region.

Role

• Ensure that all costs on the project are in accordance with the project scope, the customer’s requirements and current legislation.
• Collaborate with the wider preconstruction team to secure and convert tender projects.
• Create robust accurate cost plans through the various design gateways up to target price.
• Guide the design team and inform the customer with respect to affordability.
• Use technical experience to identify opportunities and risks along with solutions to add value.
• Collaborate with the project team to identify and value alternative design solutions where required and present to the customer for review.
• Support the design discipline by costing change control items as identified and track through the RIBA Stages.
• Complete or manage project take–offs to the required level of detail (SMM7/NRM2/building quants).
• Provide a complete and robust cost information pack during the substantiation process to the commercial build team at handover, to include completed comparisons, bills of quantities, tender book and quotations.
• Lead the procurement schedule and build supply chain interaction and relationships.
• Review the performance of supply chain partners with the operations team.
• Collaborate with the design lead to capture and include design fees in the tender summary book (consultants, statutory authorities, surveys, schedules, and the like).
• Assist in the change control process, identifying design changes between RIBA stages, advising on the impact of the change and approximate cost.
• Carry out cost assessments on alternative design solutions to inform the final design and project/customer budget.

Requirements

To be considered for this Estimator role you must meet the following criteria:

• Knowledge of Building Sector.
• Previous employment as an Assistant Estimator, Estimator, Senior Estimator or similar.
• Previous experience / knowledge in building sector projects such as Commercial, Leisure, Mixed Use, Residential, Apartment Blocks, Student Accommodation, Hotels, Extra Care Housing, MOJ, Industrial, Education or Healthcare.
• Previous Main Contractor employment
• Good communication skills.
• Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc).

Remuneration

The successful Estimator will receive:

• CompetitiveBasic (Dependent on experience)
• Car Allowance
• Pension
• Bonus