Senior Estimator

Overview

Senior estimator pricing electrification & plant works for infrastructure contracts

Key Responsibilities

• cost estimating
• tender summaries
• risk register
• budget planning
• bid pricing
• preconstruction

Tasks

As the successful candidate, you will be crucial to the success of our bid teams and ultimately our projects, as you will be responsible for accurately pricing work from first principles, and working with the preconstruction and wider delivery team to create industry leading bids. -Work for a leading Principal Contractor within the UK infrastructure market. -You will develop and manage cost estimates that align with tender documentation and project / framework requirements. -Be responsible for producing and delivering accurate cost estimates, tender summaries, and costed risk registers. -Work with Preconstruction team to produce budgets, cost plans, and design to cost budgets.

Requirements

• cost estimating
• electrical engineering
• railway
• 5+ years
• it skills
• commercial acumen

What You Bring

Reporting to the Head of Estimating and working alongside the wider pre-construction team, you will have experience in pricing works from 1st principles, possessing a sound knowledge of Electrification & Plant construction techniques, outputs and resources. You will be from a railway industry background, with experience pricing and previously delivering E&P tenders and work (including: HV Switchgear & Feeder Cable renewals, DC Switchgear renewals, DC & HV Protection Installations, DNO Supply, DNO Supply Installations, Station lighting and rewires, Due to continual growth and successfully winning a number of new frameworks and projects, our client is looking to recruit a Senior Estimator from an E&P (Electrification & Plant and Power Supply Upgrades) background to join their established Preconstruction & Bid team. -Comfortable presenting cost estimates at internal and external meetings. -Previous site, commercial or estimating experience of Network Rail projects. -Ability to liaise with internal and external customers. -Understanding of engineering resources, their costs and outputs and how these translate to the overall project cost. -Commercial acumen and contractual awareness. -Ability to take off quantities from drawings. -Understanding the significance of project constraints on cost of delivery. -Experience in pricing works from 1st principles and able to read drawings. -5+ years’ experience as an Engineer on site &/or Estimating experience working on Power Supply upgrades, and Electrification and Plant (E&P) Renewals. -Able to provide support on other frameworks, projects and tenders as required. -Conversant with different types of Estimating Software and generally strong IT Skills. -Knowledge of risk management procedures and how these impact on cost estimates. -Awareness of current construction technologies and methods and how these impact on outputs and costs. -Engineering background and degree qualified in Electrical Engineering or similar qualification and relevant experience.

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Benefits

-Competitive salary and car or car allowance. -Flexibility to work from home remotely, with 1-2 days every other week in the office. -A competitive rewards package, including a Company Car scheme, Private Healthcare, Pension, and Life Assurance cover. -Excellent training, support and opportunity to progress your career will be provided. -25 days Annual Leave and your birthday off.

About Psr Solutions

-Leveraging a reputation built with blue‑chip contractors, the firm places both white‑ and blue‑collar professionals in permanent and freelance roles. -From its six offices, the team manages recruitment in eight core sectors including building, civil engineering, rail, residential, M&E, trades, FM, and healthcare. -Projects range from social‑housing refurbishments and major civil engineering programmes to rail infrastructure and M&E fit‑outs. -Their growth saw strategic partnerships—such as preparing ex‑offenders for work via ROTL—and recent expansion into environmental and drainage services.

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