Senior Estimator

6 Days Old

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards.  We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

Want to be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

As our Senior Estimator you will be part of an estimating team reporting to our Managing Estimator South on the Framework to which you are assigned. You'll be responsible for delivering accurate and timely estimates across a mix of one-off projects, packages of work for both Infrastructure Clean and Wastewater.

You'll provide estimating support with bids and contracts to ensure robust pricing, risk management and governance. A ssist and advise the Senior Management Team on commercial influences and risks around any bids. Liaise with suppliers and subcontractors to produce accurate and timely estimates/cost data.

You'll ensure where possible supplier/subcontractor terms are back-to-back with the client requirements and if not to impact assess any deviations. You'll be r esponsible for prioritising workload and supporting the team to produce results in a timely manner to meet business needs. Day to day liaison with, and influencing of, key stakeholders, such as customers and operational colleagues.

You'll have the opportunity to develop and implement changes to process, following understanding of a need to make changes to improve performance.
What you’ll bring

Experience within the water industry is essential, preferably within both water and wastewater environments, but also advantageous to have other utility estimating experience

Preferably experience of delivering water and/or wastewater projects

Effective communication and negotiating skills

Excellent people management skills

Ability and desire to identify opportunities and influence change

Ability to react to constant workloads and delegate accordingly

Commercial and contractual knowledge and understanding

Able to follow process and governance

Preferably degree qualified in engineering, Quantity Surveying, cost & planning or similar

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Employee assistance programme

My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes

Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave

Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from

My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme

Private health care for you and your family

Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

Personal Accident Cover

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet

We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations

We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3 rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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Location:
Preston
Salary:
Competitive Plus Benefits
Job Type:
FullTime

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