Senior Estimator - Estimating & Cost Advisory

SNC-Lavalin; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering firm in Manchester is seeking a Senior Estimator to join their Complex Infrastructure team. You'll support diverse projects, providing estimates, enhancing deliverable quality, and engaging with stakeholders. The role offers professional growth and a flexible work environment, requiring a degree in a relevant field and strong estimating skills.

Benefits

Flexible working

Comprehensive benefits package

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant field.
• Professional memberships or progressing towards chartership preferred.
• Understanding of contingency and risk allowances.
• Knowledge of cost breakdown structures and indirect costs.

Responsibilities

• Support estimating service delivery from feasibility to detailed design.
• Work across various project types and sectors.
• Provide input for continuous improvement of deliverables.
• Demonstrate proficiency in estimating software.

Skills

Estimating

Stakeholder engagement

Cost analysis

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Estimating, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction

Tools

Estimating software

Job description

Job Description Overview

Become a vital member of our Project & Programme Services (PPS), Complex Infrastructure team, proudly taking on some of the world's most exciting and prestigious projects. Join us, and you'll be part of our genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone is supported to make the most of their talents. It's about recognising everyone's contributions equally while delivering excellence together.

When you join us in our Estimating & Cost Advisory practice, you'll be joining a team which has the industry’s foremost capabilities, with a reputation for providing the highest quality deliverables.

Enjoy a diverse and exciting workload surrounded by talented colleagues ready to lend a hand. You'll be supporting multi-disciplinary and specialist project teams on niche and high-profile schemes across a range of sectors and key clients. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your own skills alongside our internal capabilities within the wider practice.

We are looking to hire a Senior Estimator to support our growing business. In Complex Projects we work across major markets such as:

• Infrastructure (Water, Defence, Aviation, etc.)
• Transport (Rail, Highways, Local Authorities, etc.)
• Energy (Nuclear, Renewable Energy, Power, etc.)

Your role

• Support estimating service delivery, focusing on producing estimates from feasibility through to detailed design.
• Work across projects of different types and sectors. With estimates ranging high-level order of magnitude costs to producing first principal bottom‑up estimates.
• Support in win‑work activities (bids, proposals, etc.) to grow our portfolio.
• Provide team input to continuously improve the quality of our deliverables to clients.
• Support the development of a high‑performing team, supporting your regional leadership team.
• Demonstrate and utilise an advanced understanding of the typical methods of measurements and have the ability to complete full take‑off independently whilst providing support to colleagues where required.
• Support the delivery of high‑quality client outputs, ranging from the estimating of direct and indirect costs, to the assurance of estimates provided by others both internally and externally.
• Support peer review of outputs from other team members to deliver continuous improvement and guidance.
• Support the drafting of basis‑of‑estimate documents for submissions.
• Demonstrate proficiency and understanding of estimating specific software and generic office applications.
• Utilise benchmarking data from multiple sources to independently form and assess estimates.
• Support internal review and quality assurance processes for client deliverables which follow internal governance procedures.
• Demonstrate stakeholder management skills.
• Have the potential to become a subject‑matter expert within our wider team.
• Support the development of a high‑performing practice team.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in Estimating, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction sectors or Equivalent Work Experience.
• Desirable professional memberships or working towards Chartership, RICS, ICE, AACE, ACostE or similar.
• An understanding of typical approaches to applying contingency and risk allowances.
• Wider understanding of commercial and contractual requirements and the crossover to the impact on estimating or forecasting costs.
• Knowledge of indirect costs, cost breakdown structures and techniques to analyse and assess project deliverability.
• Stakeholder engagement skills including being able to work seamlessly with designers, engineers, project managers and clients.
• A clear understanding of the role of consultancy organisations on projects, including the ability to be adaptable to work across multiple sectors and disciplines and have the drive to want to learn new skills.
• In possession of, or with the capability to obtain, a level of security clearance (ideal but not always necessary for the right candidate).

What we can offer:

• A variety of schemes and the opportunity to work across both UK and International markets.
• Flexible working to support a healthy work‑life balance.
• Allow you to grow your career through various routes within the business.
• Support your chartership aspirations with RICS, ICE, AACE, ACostE or similar.
• A standout comprehensive benefit package.
• An inclusive, diverse and welcoming team atmosphere!

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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At AtkinsRéalis , we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.