Senior Estimator

**Building a sustainable tomorrow**

We are looking for a Senior Estimator to join our team in Kilsyth working on BAM’s five-year renewals and enhancements CP6 Framework for Network Rail, which will see the replacement and refurbishment of complex structures as part of the renewals portfolio, major enhancements portfolio focussed around introduction of new stations and electrification of strategic routes across Scotland Region. The diversity of the Framework portfolio provides extensive career development opportunities that takes each project through solution optioneering, development phases of the single preferred solution, cost planning and delivery of the works within a collaborative multi-disciplined environment. Getting involved in improving the rail infrastructure for end users ie trains & passengers, together with decarbonisation of the rail network that is fit for the future. We do have a flexible / home working policy.

**Your mission**
- Co-ordinate with bid teams, colleagues in the estimating department and in the wider Pre-construction team
- Give direction to estimating administrative staff
- Manage and deliver cost estimates at various stages in scheme development, scope definition and design maturity to meet challenging timescales, including multiple iterations of budget and target prices
- Contribute to optioneering and feasibility assessments, value engineering proposals, liaising with bid and project teams representing a range of disciplines to develop and refine proposals and budget costs through to final target price estimates
- Liaise with clients, designers and other consultants, quantity surveyors and other third parties
- Organise and administer tender documents, correspondence, enquiries and quotations
- Challenge and contribute to all aspects of the bid preparation and submission and investigate safe and cost-effective solutions
- Collect and distribute feedback and maintain awareness of latest techniques
- Prepare cost estimates from first principles using proprietary estimating software
- Organise and participate in bid preparation and review meetings
- Prepare tender summary information and priced risk and opportunity registers
- Prepare and communicate estimate information for bid review meetings and for handover to project teams
- Comply with company procedures

**Who are we looking for?**
- Degree, HND in Civil Engineering or NVQ equivalent level
- Suitable civil engineering experience
- Proven estimating experience in civil / rail engineering bids
- Considerable variety in types of work and disciplines priced, with understanding of methods and typical production rates / outputs
- Demonstrable understanding of common forms of contract
- Should demonstrate leadership and management skills and have experience of managing a team to achieve deadlines

**What’s in it for you?**

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes company car / allowance, matched pension contributions, private healthcare, life assurance, 26 days holiday, 2 wellbeing days and 1 volunteering day. In addition to an attractive salary and benefits package, we support further personal, professional, technical and leadership development.

BAM Nuttall is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

**Who are we?**

People are at the heart of what we do at BAM. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We’re on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Be you Join us today, so we can achieve amazing things together and build a sustainable tomorrow.

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