Glazing and Cladding Estimator

Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom and 1 more

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Role

Title:

Glazing and Cladding Estimator

Business Unit: Oak Facades

Location: Leicester or Uxbridge

Role Overview

Galliford Try is seeking an experienced Estimator to join our growing Pre-Construction team. The successful candidate will play a key role in securing and delivering a diverse portfolio of refurbishment, remediation, heritage restoration and fire safety projects across London and the Midlands.

Working collaboratively with Commercial, Operational and Pre-Construction colleagues, you will take responsibility for the estimating process from initial enquiry through to tender submission, ensuring accurate, competitive and commercially robust proposals.

What You Will be Doing

• Prepare detailed cost plans, estimates and tender submissions.
• Review technical documentation including drawings, specifications and schedules.
• Produce comprehensive pricing for complex refurbishment, remediation and compliance-led projects.
• Develop and maintain relationships with specialist subcontractors and supply chain partners.
• Identify and assess commercial risks, opportunities and value engineering solutions.
• Support bid strategy development, programme planning and client presentations.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure a seamless handover following project award.
• Contribute to continuous improvement within the estimating and pre-construction function.

Typical Projects

• Major refurbishment programmes.
• Fire remediation and building safety projects.
• Building Safety Act and Higher-Risk Building (HRB) related works.
• Compliance-led construction and asset improvement schemes.
• Heritage restoration projects.

About You

• Proven experience in an Estimator role within a pre-construction environment.
• Strong commercial awareness and excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret technical information, drawings and specifications.
• Effective negotiation, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working on refurbishment, remediation or compliance-led construction projects.
• Ability to manage multiple tenders and work to challenging deadlines.
• Experience of Higher-Risk Building (HRB) projects.
• Knowledge of Building Safety Act requirements and associated legislation.
• Experience with in façade remediation, fire safety or building envelope projects.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.

With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as…