Senior Rail & Infrastructure Estimator

Currie & Brown; London Borough of Southwark; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown is seeking ambitious Estimators (All Levels) to work on infrastructure commissions across London. Responsibilities include producing accurate cost estimates, validating supplier figures, and delivering specialist cost planning in line with rail clients’ governance.

The team aims to expand the rail, highways and utilities portfolio with proactive, client-facing professionals. We're looking for MRICS qualified or equivalent professionals with pre-contract and design-stage cost

Qualifications

• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or equivalent.
• Technical delivery experience in estimating and/or QS services.
• Extensive rail, highways or utilities sector experience.
• Pre-contract experience.
• Understanding of project management, planning, risk and investment processes.
• Working knowledge of cost planning techniques during design development.
• Proficient in unit cost modelling tools.
• Strong client-facing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Producing accurate cost estimates reflecting project scope and timescales.
• Enabling project costs and performance to be benchmarked.
• Validating suppliers' and contractors' cost estimates.
• Providing tools and processes for timely, consistent estimates.
• Producing estimate reports.
• Preparing cost estimates during execution to validate forecasts.
• Providing specialist cost planning and estimating services per rail clients’ governance.
• Supporting budget development, investment authorisation and cost reconciliation.

Skills

Rail experience

Aviation experience

Estimating experience

Pre-contract experience

PM, planning, risk

Cost planning techniques

Client-facing

Organisation

Proactivity

Team player

Education

MRICS or equivalent

Tools

Unit cost modelling tools

Job description

Currie & Brown is seeking ambitious Estimators (All Levels) to work on infrastructure commissions across London. Responsibilities include producing accurate cost estimates, validating supplier figures, and delivering specialist cost planning in line with rail clients’ governance.

The team aims to expand the rail, highways and utilities portfolio with proactive, client-facing professionals. We're looking for MRICS qualified or equivalent professionals with pre-contract and design-stage cost