Principal Estimator

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working? M Group Rail and Aviation. Our Aviation team works across a wide range of specialist civil, mechanical and electrical engineering works including major international airports, regional airports and RAF airfields.

What will you be doing? Your responsibilities will include the management of the Divisions estimating programme and allocation of resource to each opportunity, whilst ensuring the accuracy and timely submission of all bids in line with company procedure. Interfacing with the Divisional Directors, Bid Managers and our commercial and operations teams. Duties include:

• Subject matter expert on pricing civil engineering schemes within the Aviation and defence sectors.
• Support, mentor, coach and guide Estimators and Estimating Assistants.
• Act as primary pricing resource for all strategic key bids in area of specialism.
• Prepare estimates and priced submissions that meet project goals and determine the total cost of materials, equipment, labour, and plant for each tender ensuring the net price for the works is accurate.
• Co-ordinate all pricing elements of complex multi-disciplinary bids evaluating interfaces and driving best value in optimum use of resources to provide competitive pricing solutions.
• Prepare tender summaries including assessment of preliminaries for the project.
• Collaborate and obtain commercial advice with respect to bonds, insurances, warranties etc.
• Review and analyse tender documentation and specifications and attend site visits when required.
• Collate all tender activity and communications with suppliers, maintaining records and keeping electronic data management system up to date in line with Company procedures and Work Winning process.
• Identify risks and opportunities and present these at tender strategy and adjudication meetings ensuring commercial element of the bid has a fully transparent evaluation of risks and opportunities.
• Ensure effective co-ordination of trades and disciplines and efficient balance of resources has been considered and accounted for within prepared estimates.
• Collaborate with Submission Technical team and Operational team to input into the development of detailed methodology and programme for the tendered works.
• Explore innovative and alternative solutions to bids in addition to the compliant offering to give the organisation an advantage through the tendering process and evaluation.
• Prepare, present, and justify the tender price at adjudications, mid-bid, and handover meetings.
• Implement the requirements of the Company Management System (CMS), as applicable to the business operations.
• Manage tender and post-tender clarifications from the client for all pricing elements.

What you’ll bring: You will have a demonstrable knowledge of CESSM, SMM7 and of Construction Contracts such as NR, NEC, and ICC forms. You should be proficient in the use of Excel and estimating software such as Causeway. Due to the complexity of projects that we work on, we are keen to receive applications from candidates who are familiar with tendering Civil Engineering contracts within the transport infrastructure sector, including framework experience. Individuals will have a technical understanding of Civil Engineering processes and will have a history of successfully winning a variety of projects. Line management experience is essential.

What’s in it for you? We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and outside of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders.
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s retail discounts.
• Life Assurance.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Enhanced maternity or paternity leave.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• Online GP Service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

In addition, this role offers:

• Company car and fuel card with a range of electric and hybrid vehicles to choose from.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme.

Please note: Occasionally, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.