Senior Estimator

Volkerwessels Uk

The Role

Overview

Senior Estimator creating competitive cost estimates and enhancing estimating processes for highways.

Key Responsibilities

  • regulatory updates

Tasks

-To keep up to date with current legislation

Requirements

  • market awareness
  • time management
  • competitor knowledge
  • mathematics
  • workspace
  • conquest

What You Bring

-To be up to date with what is happening in the market place -To posses effective Time Management skills, with a demonstrable ability to work to tight deadlines. -To have good overall knowledge of Competitors -To have good mathematical knowledge -To be up to date with IT packages including Workspace & Conquest -Be able to set up and maintain good systems and procedures.

Benefits

-24/7 Virtual GP service -Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday -Private medical care -Competitive salary -Mental health, physical health, and financial support -Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training -Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts -Employee Assistance programme -Life Assurance -Cycle to Work scheme -Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits

The Company

About Volkerwessels Uk

-Operates through five units—VolkerFitzpatrick, VolkerRail, VolkerStevin, VolkerHighways and VolkerLaser—each with deep specialist roots. -Frontline in complex infrastructure: building airports, rail networks, highways, marine works and major civil projects. -Typical projects range from rail signalling upgrades and highway bridges to port development and flood protection schemes. -Known for weaving niche skills—like slipform paving, steel foundations, waterproofing and land reclamation—into integrated delivery. -Headquartered in Hoddesdon, its teams juggle ~250 active sites countrywide, forging engineering solutions at scale. -A standout: VolkerLaser delivers specialist structural repair and waterproofing, a rare niche in UK infrastructure.

Sector Specialisms

Civil Engineering

Rail

Highways

Aviation

Ports

Defence

Energy

Water

Environment

Highways Maintenance

Traffic Management

Electric Vehicle Charge Points

Structural Repairs

Waterproofing

Expansion Joints

Cathodic Protection

Public Realm Improvement

Bridge and Tunnel Protection

Drainage

Road Markings

Street Lighting

Winter Maintenance

Cleaning Services

Security

Fencing and Hoarding

ICT and Ancillary Equipment

Security Clearance

-mandatory drugs & alcohol screening required.