Senior Estimator

Axis CLC; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Pension scheme

Private medical cover

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Perkbox wellbeing & discounts

24/7 GP and wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Refer-a-friend bonus

Job summary

Axis CLC is seeking a Senior Estimator to secure profitable, high-value tenders and deliver accurate cost schedules across planned maintenance, retrofit decarbonisation and block refurbishment. You will work with operations, commercial and technical teams to ensure competitive pricing and robust risk assessment.

The role requires disciplined tender management, clear communications and timely bid handovers, with support for knowledge transfer across the group.

Qualifications

• Experience compiling robust, arithmetically accurate cost estimates for maintenance and refurbishment projects.
• Ability to price works from first principles and build-up costs across labour, plant, materials and preliminaries.
• Experience with tender management processes and risk/assumption articulation.

Responsibilities

• Develop prices from schedules of rates, drawings, and specifications for various delivery models.
• Provide planned works solutions across maintenance, retrofit decarbonisation, and block refurbishment.
• Assemble compliant tenders, identify opportunities and risks, raise clarifications.

Skills

Tender management

Pricing and cost build-up

Subcontractor coordination

NHF Schedules knowledge

Value engineering

Tools

Estimating software

Job description

Axis CLC is a national property maintenance and compliance partner, backed by over 110 years of combined experience and operating from 23 offices across the UK. Together, our divisions employ more than 2,500 people and support over 400 clients nationwide, delivering essential property repairs, maintenance, refurbishment, decarbonisation and building safety services that keep homes and public buildings operating at their best. Each year we complete over 400,000 repairs, helping to keep tenants safe, properties performing and owners fully compliant.

As a Senior Estimator, the role is responsible for securing profitable, high-value, long-term strategic tenders through the provision of accurate, compliant and competitively priced cost schedules and framework opportunities, supporting Axis CLC's growth aspirations.

Accountable for the timely submission of commercial proposals, including the preparation of robust, arithmetically accurate cost estimates covering all aspects of planned maintenance works, whole-house retrofit, energy-efficiency programmes, NHF Schedules, block refurbishment projects, dayworks and preliminaries.

Strong time management, preparation and communication skills are essential to ensure strict compliance with tender management and adjudication processes, bid handover requirements and commercial governance arrangements.

The Senior Estimator will work closely with operational teams, commercial colleagues and technical stakeholders, the Senior Estimator ensures pricing reflects all relevant commercial considerations on each bid, including pricing works from first principles where required. Previous experience of tender management processes and estimating software would be advantageous.

What You’ll Do

• Develop prices from schedules of rates, drawings, specification and cost build-up for subcontract, direct delivery and labour only based on a labour, plant, materials, preliminaries and oncosts.

• Provide planned works solutions across all elements of planned maintenance works, retrofit decarbonisation solutions and block refurbishment works.

• Compile compliant, arithmetically correct tenders, identify commercial opportunities and risks, raise clarifications, explain and discuss assumptions.

• Manage tender queries, RFIs and identify specification gaps in conjunction with design and commercial teams

• Issue enquiries across the sector, analyse subcontractor returns, benchmark rates and build competitive sustainable pricing models

• Work with specialist subcontractors, suppliers and manufacturers

• Contribute commercially and professionally throughout adjudication meetings

• Propose adjustments to NHF Schedules and maintain rate libraries

• Identify cost-effective, compliant solutions to improve margin, performance and value outcomes.

• Lead structured handover meetings to operational and commercial colleagues, covering your commercial solutions, scope, risk, opportunity and assumptions

• Maintain accurate estimating records, version control and audit trails

• Support win/loss reviews and continuous improvement initiatives

• Work closely with Commercial Director to support knowledge transfer across the wider group

What We Offer

• Up to £80,000 - £100,000 depending on experience

• Performance-related bonus

• Car allowance

• Pension, medical scheme options and life assurance

• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays

• Perkbox benefits worth up to £350 per year, including discounts, perks and wellbeing support

• 24/7 GP referral and wellbeing support service

• 1 paid volunteer day

• £2,000 refer-a-friend bonus after the referee passes probation

• Opportunities for development and progression across Axis CLC

Why Axis CLC

Joining Axis CLC means being part of a national team delivering essential services across housing, education, healthcare, defence and commercial property. We value reliability, quality and social impact, and offer meaningful work with real opportunities to grow.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Many faces, one Axis CLC. We value diversity and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. If you need any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.