Senior Estimator, Cost Advisor

Responsibilities

• lead elements of estimating, assurance and advisory service delivery
• focusing on developing costs for and reviewing major projects and niche projects
• work flexibly across estimates and assurance reviews
• take a leading role in supporting the leadership team in win work activities
• contribute to the development of a high performing team based in your local office and/or a national location
• take technical leadership of delivery of high-quality client deliverables
• lead technically on the use of client benchmarking data
• support project leadership to communicate complex issues
• provide peer review of outputs of other team members
• stay connected with the wider team and leadership in our Estimating & Cost Advisory practice

• strong understanding of typical client approaches to developing robust cost estimates
• direct or indirect experience of input to or reviewing major project business cases
• strong technical expertise in project development and delivery
• wider understanding of commercial and contractual requirements
• strong knowledge of indirect costs, cost breakdown structures and techniques to analyse and assess project deliverability
• stakeholder engagement skills including being able to work seamlessly with designers, engineers, project managers and clients
• Chartership with or demonstrably working towards RICS, ICE, AACE, ACostE or similar
• clear understanding of the role of consultancy organisations on projects