Assistant Estimator

7 months ago

Leiston, United Kingdom Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Full time

**Your Impact**:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

**About the Opportunity**

Jacobs are recruiting for an Assistant Estimator to join our Nuclear Power Engineering and Technical Services team supporting our key client EDF Energy Nuclear Generation with their nuclear fleet in the UK.

This is a key role within our project and engineering portfolio which is spread across our UK network at all UK sites and stations. You will be supported and mentored by experienced project engineering management professionals within Jacobs and given the training and opportunities you need to develop and expand your project engineering management and leadership skills with larger and more complex projects.

You will be part of a large client lead team based at EDFs Sizewell B location that will will support multiple projects within their UK wide project portfolio with a focus on nuclear defueling and nuclear decommissioning. Since 1995 Sizewell B has generated 250 TWh of zero carbon electricity which is enough to power every home in Suffolk for 192 years or the equivalent of taking 42m cars off UK roads for a year.
- Estimators are accountable to the client Estimating & Risk Group Head, PPM and/or Operations Manager and are responsible to assist in the strategic objectives, initiatives, and development of the group. The Estimator will prepare and underpin cost estimates to the level of accuracy required, considering constraints of budget, time, scope definition and uncertainties in accordance with the Programme Office and Estimating Procedures.
- Perform reviews of existing Estimates to monitor compliance with standards and procedures and make any necessary recommendations for improvement. There are no direct reports.In this role you will report to the Jacobs Operations Manager, but be accountable for project delivery directly to the client.
- Everyone working in our team will have a proven track record of working within highly regulated environments with high safety standards and culture.
- Good communication and organisational skills are a must with the ability to develop relationships and maintain effective networks and be results-focused tempered with a team-centred approach.

**Here’s what you’ll need**:

- Minimum of HNC/HND ideally in an Engineering discipline or relevant experience and MACostE is desirable
- Able to support the development of an estimate strategy through a gated project process, including estimates for investment strategy and feasibility studies through a project gated process.
- Assist in development of and use of Project Control Structures (CBS, OBS, WBS etc.).
- Experience of interfacing and integration with the project planner to ensure alignment between estimate and Project Plan.
- Collate and analyse historical cost data for bench-marking purposes and to inform the project cost estimate at each phase of the project.
- Experienced review and validate estimates from internal and external sources.
- Participate in the Project Risk Management process and when required, prepare/assist the production of Project Risk Logs for input to the estimates.
- Carry out estimate uncertainty and event risk analysis and modelling to provide provision for uncertainty (contingency) recommendations.
- Provide input to the tender review process, including claim evaluations and valuations of significant changes.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of standards and procedures owned by the Estimating & Risk Group and provide support to other Programme Office standards and procedures.
- Contribute to the drafting and updating of Project Documents (PDD, IRM papers etc.) to ensure that they contain the relevant estimate data for controlling the project schedule, costs, and variances etc.
- Ability to communicate well at all levels of management and can produce monthly reports, to an agreed reporting cycle,

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