Senior Estimator

Estimator - Social Housing, Planned Maintenance, Decarbonisation / Retrofit
£80K - £100K + Bonus + Benefits
London / Hybrid (Flexibility to work from Home)

We are recruiting for a leading property services contractor to find a Senior Estimator to take responsibility for pricing winning planned maintenance / decent homes and decarbonisation / retrofit tenders for housing associations, local councils and RSL's.

This is more than a measurement and pricing role. The successful candidate will combine technical estimating expertise with strong commercial judgement, bid leadership and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders.

Estimator Responsibilities:

• Maintaining an accurate cost base by regular review of market prices
• Co-ordination of tender bids
• Check and acknowledge tender documents and amendments
• Organise copy of tender documents and amendments for appropriate parties
• Record supply chain and performance data
• Analyse, compare, and Input subcontractor bids into tender
• Build up rates from first principles where necessary to support subcontractor quotes
• Using first principles build ups to construct a fully formed bid using a direct labour workforce
• Assembling relevant documents for settlement and handover meeting

Estimator Experience:

• Pricing occupied-homes programmes, including kitchens, bathrooms, roofing, windows, external fabric and M&E renewals
• Experience of fire safety, passive fire protection, building safety remediation and/or high-rise refurbishment
• Understanding of retrofit delivery, ideally including PAS 2035/PAS 2030 and funded decarbonisation programmes
• Strong knowledge of NHF Schedule of Rates, framework pricing, open-book costing, measured term and fixed-price contracts
• Advanced Excel capability and recognised estimating software such as ConQuest, Causeway, CostX or equivalent.
• HRB experience or experience of building safety related projects

Estimator Salary & Benefits:

You will be working for a modern, forward thinking business; that believes the strengths, skills and personalities of their people are the key to the group's success. This is a permanent, full time role for which you will receive a highly competitive salary and benefits package. You will be part of a stable business with ambitious growth plans over the next 5 years.