Senior Estimator

MB968: Senior Estimator Location: Swindon Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 + £6,325 Car Allowance Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP Overview: First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Senior Estimator on a permanent basis due to growth based at their Swindon depot. Duties and Responsibilities: • 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 Manger • 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. • 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 • Liaise with procurement & bid team to determine appropriate selection of subcontractors to send enquires to • Liaise with procurement to determine sufficiency and compliance of subcontractor quotations • Preparation of comparation sheet for subcontractors details additions/ deletions from quoted rates • Liaise with procurement and bid manager and agree on the selection of the subcontractor to be used in the estimate. • Liaise with Planner / Technical Services / Temporary Works Coordinator to agree extent and nature of temporary works. • Agree costs of temporary works with temporary works coordinator. Skills and Experience: • Sound knowledge of civil engineering and construction techniques • Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation • Commercial awareness of different forms of contract • Sound knowledge of the governance and procedural requirements for work winning. • Detailed knowledge of estimating software packages MB968: Senior Estimator Location: Swindon Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 + £6,325 Car Allowance Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP