Senior Estimator Defence in Nottingham

At Turner & Townsend, we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day, we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 110 offices worldwide. Turner & Townsend within the UK has a wide range of key clients in various sectors, including Health, Local Authorities, Higher Education, Highways, Utilities, Rail, and Defence. Our diverse portfolio of clients provides our team members with unique and rewarding opportunities to gain experience across a broad range of major programmes and projects.

Turner & Townsend are a key Tier 1 supplier of project and programme management services to the Ministry of Defence and strategic Defence suppliers in the UK. We play a crucial role in supporting the defence of the United Kingdom, whilst ensuring our clients achieve better outcomes.

Job Description

Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a Sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). Turner & Townsend is a leading consultancy provider to the Infrastructure and Defence sectors with a thriving UK Estimating team. We are looking for talented Senior Estimators with proven Defence estimating experience to work with a number of our key Defence sector clients. Our team delivers a wide range of estimating outputs for our clients, to support their decision‑making, including:

• Estimate/cost model production (from Order of Magnitude through to detailed estimates)
• Major programme estimating strategy

As a Senior Estimator within the Estimating team at Turner & Townsend you will be responsible for:

• Supporting leadership or managing the production of accurate and comprehensive estimates for projects/programmes
• Playing a supporting role in the development and promotion of estimating good practice within Turner & Townsend
• Contributing to the achievement of departmental objectives
• Supporting bids for new work
• Acting as a role model for less experienced staff
• Staff management where appropriate
• Promoting estimating best practice
• Staying abreast of developments within your technical area of expertise to provide best practice advice in line with business objectives
• Actively helping the development of Defence Estimating across the business

Qualifications

• Qualification in Estimating, Quantity Surveying or Cost Engineering
• Experience working in the Defence sector
• Demonstrable and proven experience in compilation, assurance and delivery of complex estimates and cost models
• Experience working within an integrated Project Controls team
• Experience on public sector projects
• Excellent and flexible skills in Microsoft Office Suite (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience of working in a client‑facing environment

Preferred:

• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to degree level
• Experience in early stage estimating in complex/mechanical Defence infrastructure programmes
• Familiarity with industry‑standard estimating software packages

Additional Information

Security Clearance: Many of the clients and projects we support are subject to MoD security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and have active networks committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, and we actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.