Salary: £65000 – £70000/annum £5,750 Car Allowance
Permanent – Full Time
Construction
Swindon, Wiltshire
date posted: 8/10/25 13:47
Estimator
Swindon
£70k + £5750 car allowance
Reports to: Head of Bid Management
Collaborates with: Bid Managers, Planners, Procurement, Technical Services, HSQE Advisors
And Operations teams.
Purpose of the role:
* Preparations of detailed and accurate pricing for tenders
* Supporting Clients with pricing support for early contractor involvement projects
Role Accountabilities
* Ensure company governance procedures are followed at all times
* Work in coordination with the Bid Manager to ensure competitive pricing
* Agree methodologies and outputs for key activities with planner and, where appropriate, with Bid Manager / Design Manager
* Provide advice to Bid Manager / Design Manager on most cost effective design options
* Price alternative design solutions
* Procedure competitive price using methodologies and outputs etc to suit conditions/ situations relevant to the scheme.
* Advise Bid Manager of sufficiency of client bill of quantity / activity schedule and arrange for full quantity take off or checking as required.
* Preparing the price estimate for tenders of budget pricing comprising the following aspects:
* Develop local rates/ build up rates for self-delivered items
* Ensure Working Rule Agreement (and any other specific requirements such as London Living wage) included in labour rates
* Prepare scheme specific labour rate calculation where required.
* Develop local rates/ build up rates for self-delivered items
* Liaise with Planner to reconcile plant resource levels
* Comparison sheet for materials considering unit rate (conversation factors), wastage, waiting times and part loads etc.
* Liaise with procurement to determine appropriate selection of suppliers to send enquiries to.
* Liaise with procurement to determine the sufficiency and compliance of supplier quotations
* Liaise with procurement and agree on the selection of supplier quotations to be used in the estimate
* Liase with procurement to determine sufficiency and compliance of subcontractor quotations
The Candidate:
* Sound knowledge of civil engineering and construction techniques
* Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation
* Commercial awareness of different forms of contract
* Sound knowledge of the procedural requirements for work winning.
* Detailed knowledge of estimating software packages
* Ideally resides locally to the area and has a full UK driving license
If you are interested and would like further details, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
