Senior Estimator

Speller Metcalfe Ltd; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Increasing holiday benefits

Job summary

Speller Metcalfe Ltd seeks a Senior Estimator in Wolverhampton to manage accurate cost estimates for construction projects. The role demands at least 10 years of experience in a main contracting business, focusing on strategies for bidding and tender management across various sectors.

Competitive salary, increasing holiday benefits, and private healthcare access are part of the offered package. This full-time position has core hours between 08:30 and 17:00.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience in a Senior Estimating capacity within a main contracting business.
• Proven leadership and commercial awareness.
• Experience in multiple sectors with projects ranging from £7-30M.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for accurate cost estimates for construction projects.
• Manage bid qualification and tender strategies.
• Lead tender launches and coordinate tender documentation.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial awareness

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Job description

Speller Metcalfe is on a mission… and it’s a simple one. We want to build a sustainable company at the forefront of construction – one that is built with a people-first approach in mind.

As a family business with over 30 years’ experience under our belts, our focus is not just getting you through the door, but developing your skills to support a long-term career with us. We’re proud of our high levels of staff retention and with staff at the very heart of our company, you’re never just a cog in the machine, but someone who can truly have an impact on how we do business.

Our background

Established in 1995 by Steve Speller and Andy Metcalfe, their vision was to develop a business at the cutting edge of construction, built upon an ethos of family values which are reflected in everything we do.

Now one of the UK’s leading regional contractors, we predominantly work across the Midlands and South West regions. With offices in Malvern and Wolverhampton, we deliver a range of public and private sector projects from £250k up to £30 million across a numbers of fields including education, healthcare, residential and leisure.

The job

How you’ll contribute

You will be responsible for completing accurate cost estimates for construction projects through developing, evaluating, compiling, and presenting the scope of work and cost data for construction bids. You will be a go-to point of reference for more junior team members.

The main tasks and responsibilities include:

• Support bid qualification and tender strategy, including PQQ submissions and early appraisal of tender opportunities in collaboration with Marketing, Business Development, and regional leadership
• Plan and manage pre-construction resources, allocate bid writers and tender teams, and maintain internal tender databases and processes
• Lead tender launches, including scheduling, documentation, attendance, and coordination of roles and responsibilities
• Coordinate and review tender documentation, BOQs, supply chain inputs, and external consultants (design teams, BOQ providers, cost consultants)
• Provide technical, commercial, and planning support to estimators throughout the tender process, including cost assessment, programme, specification, and risk
• Manage tender process governance, including mid-tender reviews, adjudications, document control, final submission sign-off, and tender feedback
• Organise and attend site visits, tender interviews, presentations, handover meetings, close‑out meetings, and construction resource meetings as required
• Support supply chain management and procurement reviews and provide data as needed
• Maintain cost libraries, assist with cost planning, and contribute to Directors’ Reports
• Organise and lead estimating, planning, and pre‑construction meetings, training, and administration, including divisional and group meetings
• Support systems, procedures, and continuous improvement, including regular review of our internal database and controlled documents
• Contribute to people development through Personal Development Reviews and collaboration across teams to support long‑term client relationships and future workload strategy

Who are we looking for?

To be successful in this role you will bring proven leadership and commercial awareness, as well as:

• Minimum of 10 years experience in a Senior Estimating capacity within a main contracting business.
• Worked across multiple sectors (Healthcare/Education/Leisure/Commercial) with projects ranging from £7-30M.
• Supported and managed the bidding of strategic framework opportunities and renewals.
• Demonstrate examples of mentoring junior staff in an estimating role.
• Evidence of preparing estimates for Single Stage / 2-Stage & Negotiated opportunities.
• Cognisant of the variables when bidding for opportunities via different frameworks.
• Demonstrate the skill and knowledge required to manage and lead a more simplistic bid process.

Core behaviours which will help you to be successful in this role include:

• Acts with honesty and integrity;
• Takes responsibility and accountability;
• Is a team player;
• Takes responsibility for safety;
• Has strong morals;
• Builds and manages strong relationships;
• Strong levels of self‑awareness;
• Acts with curiosity;
• Listens to understand;
• Interacts with the team and the business;
• Shows high levels of emotional intelligence;
• Is open and embraces change;
• Is proactive;
• Shows an open mind;
• Drives for results.

The successful candidate will be provided with training and mentoring as required.

This is a full-time position, with core working hours between 08:30 – 17:00.

What’s in it for you?

As well as a competitive salary, increasing holiday benefits and access to private healthcare, we offer a number of other benefits for our staff.