Estimator/Senior Estimator
West of England, Bristol, Bristol County, BS1, England, UK
Listed on 2026-10-21
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Engineering
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Construction
Estimator
Location: West of England
Bristol, United Kingdom | Posted on 12/08/2024
Willmott Dixon are looking to recruit a Estimator/Senior Estimator to join our Wales & West region working out of our Bristol office. Whilst your base will be in Bristol, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way with 1 day a week working from home.
Reporting to the Principal Estimator, the successful candidate will work as part of our pre-construction team to manage commercial activities with a high degree of acumen whilst identifying opportunities to add value throughout the project process.
Key responsibilities of a Senior Estimator are:
- To manage commercial activities with a high degree of acumen.
- To identify opportunities to add value throughout the project process.
- To identify risks and input into project risk register.
- To price selected trades from first principles.
- To lead the supply chain enquiry process.
- To produce a detailed control document at handover to delivery team.
- To conduct their role in a way which is consistent with the company's sustainability objectives.
- To complete project take – offs
- To lead and prepare the complete commercial and pricing element of a tender or cost plan.
- To prepare whole life costing analysis
- To prepare preconstruction element of the project waste management plan
- To constantly reinforce and deliver our customer first ethic through successful bid and personal performance.
- Successful delivery of tenders on a wide range of tenders
- Have experience of various construction methods
- Experience of controlling costs, timing and quality in line with targets
- Experience of reading and accurately interpreting drawings and technical specifications
- Good standard of mathematical ability
- Experience of taking off quantities up to SMM 7
- Working towards MCIOB/RICS
Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer.
Benefits:
In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full / heavily discounted private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.
- enhanced pension scheme
- full / heavily discounted private medical
- life assurance
- incentive bonus
- car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel
- motoring expenditure allowance (MEA)
- new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme
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