Senior Estimator

The Eric Wright Group has a fantastic history. From our beginnings in construction to an award winning group of companies, our reputation is built on our Chairman's founding principles of a company that must be profitable, ethical and farsighted, as a result we have people, community and social value at our heart. As a multi award-winning leader in the UK civil engineering industry,
Eric Wright Civil Engineering have specialised in delivering vital infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, structures, hydropower and rail for more than 25 years. With our commitment to quality, professionalism, safety and integrity, we have delivered a comprehensive range of projects for a diverse range of public and private sector clients. Our experienced, award-winning team works in true collaboration with all our partners to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions to meet their project delivery targets with exceptional results - on time, within budget and to a high standard.

Our long-standing client relationships are a testament to their expertise, innovation and first class project delivery.

This is an exciting time for Eric Wright Civil Engineering. If social value and profit for a purpose is important to you, as well as working as part of a wider Group with an experienced and supportive team then this is the role for you!

Due to continuous growth, we have an exciting opportunity for an established Civil Engineering Senior Estimator to join our award winning Civil Engineer team based in Preston. We work on securing projects, ranging from £100k to £10m across all sectors of the industry. We have a strong pipeline for 2025 and beyond which will be delivered by our exceptional teams. Our projects have gone on to win awards such as Pooley Bridge and Sugden End Landfill.

What you’ll be doing:

• Analyse and interpret information, including early appraisal of scheme requirements in terms of construction methods, programme and management.
• Identify risks/opportunities and incorporate them into a tender bid.
• Call upon support from Design / Delivery teams as appropriate to plan works delivery strategy.
• Identify key win themes and manage bid, coordinating input from multiple contributors.
• Identify additional information required to inform and benefit the tender.
• Challenge proposed designs and methodology to identify possible alternative construction methods, technologies and products.
• Price civil engineering activities such as earthworks, drainage, ducting and paving from 1st principles, building up labour, plant, material cost components.
• Prepare programme/construction sequence, to establish constructions periods. Ability to use ASTA Power project ideal but training can be provided.
• Identify subcontract packages, choose suppliers from database and from researching the market, liaise with supply chain, prepare and issue enquiries and analyse and interrogate responses.
• Compile a comprehensive net cost estimate for the works, including preliminary items.
• Present net cost estimate at internal adjudication and implement changes.
• Timely submission of tender, ensuring that the Clients requirements and specifications are met in full.
• Follow up submitted tenders.
• Give others an overview of the scheme, highlighting any job specific risks & opportunities.
• Contribute to discussion on commercial approach.
• Review project 1st appraisal and reflected on post-contract performance of tendered schemes.

Aligned to our ethos and values, you will be an integral part of our team providing sound knowledge of market rates and prices from 1st principles. You will be methodical and organised with the ability to recognise and source additional resource required to produce estimates, recognise submission requirements to compile a logical sequence of actions necessary to achieve regular deadlines.

Ideally you’ll have:

• Ideally you will have Tier 1 or 2 Infrastructure main contractor background with experience in estimating / pricing projects, with a civil engineering focus (bridges, public realm, highways, utilities).
• Expert capability and knowledge of Conquest and ASTA Power project software is desirable.
• Working knowledge of best…