Estimating Manager

4 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom BAE Systems Full time

Estimating Manager – Value Engineering - 00115167

Job title: Estimating Manager – Value Engineering

Location: Glasgow, we also offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £57,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

  • Providing independent Commercial & Cost Estimating oversight, focussing on opportunity generation and delivery, ensuring all costs and opportunities are collated, modelled and normalised as appropriate
  • Working closely with the supply chain to understand key cost drivers, develop should cost modelling and seek solutions that drive additional value and provide an optimum cost outcome
  • Driving end to end cost control and improvements throughout the Naval Ships business along with embedding the cost management framework and governance into day to day activities
  • Working closely with other functions including supply chain, engineering, manufacturing and programmes to ensure a co-ordinated approach to cost management, mitigating risks, driving cost improvements and implementing cost control

Your skills and experiences:

  • Able to influence at all levels within the enterprise, listening to the challenges within the sector and across the supply chain in order to develop opportunities
  • Understand and challenge existing ways of working in order to identify opportunities for improvement
  • Familiar with and able to analyse differing types of supplier pricing returns and contracts
  • Ability to create and understand and interpret complex cost models
  • Good understanding of the use of analytical estimating techniques to challenge and review supply chain cost estimates
  • Experience in delivering strategies that drive cost management improvements across organisation
  • Knowledge of a wide range of procurement approaches and strategies
  • A Commercially focussed background, for example Estimating, Quantity Surveying or Cost Engineering
  • Degree qualified or equivalent experience, likely to be in a technology, engineering, science or IT related discipline

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Cost Modelling team:

The role holder is responsible for providing independent Commercial & Cost Estimating oversight, ensuring all costs and opportunities are collated, modelled and normalised as appropriate. Will be responsible for driving end to end cost control and improvements throughout the Naval Ships business along with embedding the cost management framework and governance into day to day activities.

You will work closely with other functions, including engineering, manufacturing, and programmes and estimating, to ensure a co-ordinated approach to cost management, mitigating risks, driving cost improvements and implementing cost control.

As well as working closely with the supply chain to understand key cost drivers, develop should cost modelling and seek solutions that drive additional value and provide an optimum cost outcome.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 3 rd May 2024 – Interviews for this position will take place W/C 13 th May 2024.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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