Senior Design & Estimation Consultant in London

The Senior Design and Estimation Consultant will act as the lead across a number of strategic and key accounts, with full responsibility for ensuring accurate, high-quality design and estimation outputs are produced at both the pre-sales and post-sales stages of the project lifecycle. The successful candidate will work closely with sales, commercial, and operations teams to oversee the preparation of technical cost submissions, coordinate updates and revisions, and oversee all post-sales deliverables—including construction drawings, variation responses, and site surveys. A key focus of the role is to optimise revenues, margins, and win rates through strong leadership, attention to detail, and a commitment to ensuring that all design and cost outputs align with client expectations while supporting the company's strategic and commercial objectives. The ideal candidate will bring a proven track record within the ICT sector and strong leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Development of client responses, including preparing quotations and conducting technical and commercial assessments to support the sales team in evaluating project viability, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead and coordinate allocated resources to ensure timely, high-quality delivery of tender submissions and design development through a hands-on approach.
• Consult and coordinate with sales, operations and commercial departments to ensure a comprehensive response to client tenders.
• Work with senior sales directors in developing account plans and establishing pricing & sales strategies for allocated accounts.
• Liaise effectively with clients, main contractors, consultants, and internal teams, representing the company in formal design meetings and client presentations.
• Develop accurate pre-contract information and manage Pre-Contract Review (PCR) processes to mitigate risks.
• Support post-sales project phases by coordinating design changes, managing variations, and ensuring change control compliance within commercial and contractual frameworks.
• Review and validate tender cost proposals and Bills of Materials (BoMs), ensuring alignment with internal policies and project stakeholder sign-off.
• Ensure detailed design outputs—such as general arrangement plans, cabinet layouts, density drawings, and schematics—are completed to industry and client standards.
• Maintain industry awareness by gathering and sharing relevant technical standards and ensuring alignment with evolving data centre and SCS requirements.
• Conduct peer reviews of team members’ works, mitigating risk by identifying potential errors while mentoring and coaching more junior consultants.
• Proactively mentor allocated resources and support line management in their development.
• Extensive experience of Telecommunications Infrastructure Cabling, ICT.
• Extensive experience in designing structure cabling solutions.
• Extensive experience of delivery Hyperscale Data Centre projects.
• Ability to produce and deliver client presentations in a clear, concise and confident manner.
• Ability to absorb and manage new services and applications.
• Experience and temperament to deal with multiple priorities.
• Proven ability to develop detailed designs packages.

Qualifications

• RCDD, CNIDP or CDCP Accredited manufacturer training (Preferred but not Essential).