Role: Estimator – Building

Purpose:

• Develop tender information for “suitable projects” into a competent financial submission to secure work and meet business objectives.
• On larger projects, support the senior project estimator in producing competitive cost estimates.
• Prepare cost plans and undertake cost planning exercises as required.
• Collaborate with the tender/bidding team to maximise opportunities and minimise risks to achieve the best possible project cost.
• Contribute to cost monitoring exercises on live sites where necessary.
• Support ongoing framework and target cost projects.
• Assist other preconstruction, estimating, and commercial teams where needed.

Key Accountabilities

• Prepare all financial elements of the tendering process, from initial identification to financial handover.
• Support the senior project estimator on larger projects to develop competitive cost estimates.
• Prepare financial documents for review by senior leadership.
• Assist the bidding team with post-tender negotiations as required.
• Ensure all financial figures are accurate and correctly recorded in the estimating system.
• Maintain benchmarking data from completed tenders and secured projects.
• Collaborate with internal teams for financial and cost input into submissions.
• Liaise with potential joint venture partners and external clients or professional teams as necessary.
• Price preliminaries, design fees, and other relevant elements in conjunction with project leadership.
• Conduct risk and opportunity analysis and prepare fully costed schedules.
• Ensure inflation and fixed-price additions are incorporated into tender prices.
• Work with procurement on subcontractor selection and price improvement opportunities.
• Contribute cost input to alternative methods, specifications, value engineering, temporary works, and programme options.
• Mentor junior staff members.
• Undertake cost planning tasks from concept to completion.
• Drive quality assurance initiatives and process improvement plans.
• Champion electronic tendering practices and integration of BIM.
• Understand and integrate carbon cost values into tenders for net-zero considerations.
• Ensure adherence to all relevant company policies, including health and safety, ethics, environment, and sustainability.
• Collect feedback from live projects and participate in lessons-learned sessions.

KPIs

• Tender success rate
• Profitability of bids
• Client satisfaction
• Adherence to procedures
• Tender team performance
• Feedback from the tender team, senior estimators, and performance reviews

Skills & Experience

• Refer to the Estimating Competences Matrix for a detailed schedule.
• Deliver results
• Focus on customers
• Improve business performance
• Drive sustainability
• Communicate effectively
• Collaborate with teams
• Self-development and learning
• Leadership and mentoring