Senior Contract Estimator

Welcome to Linaker. For 30 years, Linaker has specialised in the creation and maintenance of tailor-made business environments. Having shaped workspaces for a wide range of businesses across the country, Linaker's heritage lies in our ability to design and regulate unique spaces that truly work.

Linaker was founded upon three core values: trust, reliability, and care. We are not just a service provider, rather an essential part of our clients' architecture and, ultimately, an extension of their business, as part of one team.

As part of our continued growth, we are seeking an experienced and commercially focused Senior Hard FM Estimator to join our Technical Solutions team. Working closely with Bid, Commercial, Procurement, Operations, Mobilisation, and Transition teams, you will develop robust cost models, identify risks and opportunities, and ensure submissions align with client requirements, SFG20 standards, and industry best practice.

The role will also support asset verification, mobilisation, and transition activity by validating asset data and maintenance regimes to enable accurate pricing, smooth mobilisation, and effective operational delivery. This senior role requires strong Hard FM estimating experience, commercial acumen, and the ability to manage multiple tender opportunities. Regular UK travel will be required for site surveys, tender support, and engagement with clients and operational teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review tender documentation, specifications, drawings, and asset information to understand contract requirements, scope, and pricing assumptions.
• Lead the preparation of detailed cost models for Hard FM services, including PPM, reactive maintenance, minor works, and lifecycle activities across a range of contract values and sectors.
• Develop labour resource models, subcontractor strategies, and cost build-ups that support competitive and commercially robust tender submissions.
• Conduct site surveys and technical due diligence to validate asset information, identify commercial risks, access constraints and opportunities, and inform pricing assumptions.
• Translate client specifications, asset registers, and maintenance requirements into accurate, compliant estimates aligned to SFG20, statutory obligations, manufacturer recommendations, and client-specific requirements.
• Identify commercial risks, assumptions, and exclusions within tender documentation and ensure they are appropriately reflected within pricing submissions.
• Liaise with specialist subcontractors and the procurement team to obtain competitive quotations and evaluate supply chain solutions.
• Collaborate with Bid, Commercial, Operational, and Finance teams to develop commercially viable pricing strategies and tender submissions.
• Support pricing reviews, governance processes, and commercial presentations, providing technical input during internal approval meetings and client clarification sessions.
• Work with Transition and Mobilisation teams to transfer pricing assumptions, asset data, and mobilisation requirements following contract award.
• Support asset verification activities where required, validating asset registers and technical information to inform PPM schedules, maintenance planning, and mobilisation.
• Ensure estimating assumptions, asset data requirements, and priced delivery approaches are clearly documented and communicated to Transition and Operational teams to support the accurate setup and ongoing management of asset information within Joblogic and other CAFM systems.
• Maintain and develop estimating databases, pricing models, labour norms, and historical cost information to improve future bid accuracy.
• Provide estimating support for operational quoted works, contract variations, and minor project opportunities, as required.
• Support the Technical Solutions Director by providing mentoring and technical guidance, as required, to the Renewal Manager and the less senior estimators and bid team members where appropriate.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years' estimating experience within Hard Facilities Management, Building Services, or M&E Maintenance.
• Proven experience leading pricing for complex Hard FM tenders across sectors such as commercial, healthcare, education, retail, and industrial environments.
• Strong understanding of Mechanical, Electrical, and Building Fabric services within a maintenance environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to assess pricing risk, opportunity, and value for money.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, with the ability to produce and interrogate detailed pricing models.
• Willing and able to undertake site surveys across the UK.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• HNC/HND or Degree in Building Services Engineering, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline.
• Knowledge of NEC and JCT forms of contract.
• Knowledge of TUPE principles and mobilisation cost planning.
• Experience implementing or developing estimating systems, pricing tools, or cost databases.
• Experience mentoring or leading junior estimators.

We offer a competitive starting salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, flexibility for hybrid working, and healthcare and medical insurance available after a qualifying period. Linaker Limited is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, or disability.

This is a compelling opportunity to take ownership of supporting the ongoing development, optimisation, and system-related projects in a growing business where your input drives real change and career progression is built into our journey.