Construction & Installation Estimator

Wright Engineering are recruiting for a Construction & Installation Estimator to join their team in Worksop. They will bring practical construction knowledge, buildability and lifting expertise into the bid process.

Wright Engineering designs, manufactures and installs complex bulk materials handling and industrial engineering systems. Our projects increasingly bring together mechanical handling, structural steelwork, civils, electrical and control systems, specialist subcontractors and demanding live-site installation requirements. As the scale and complexity of our opportunities grows, the quality of our bid development, engineering solution, construction planning and commercial risk control becomes ever more important.

We are strengthening the team so that our major opportunities receive the focus they require while maintaining a responsive service on smaller installation enquiries.

Woksop, with regular travel to client sites.

Up to £52.5k DOE plus EV or allowance at £495 per month.

To strengthen the construction and installation content of Wright Engineering's proposals. The role will support major bids by developing practical methodologies, labour and plant allowances, programmes, logistics and lifting strategies, while also taking ownership of smaller installation-led enquiries. The successful candidate will combine hands‑on site understanding with the discipline needed to turn an incomplete enquiry into a clearly defined, costed and deliverable scope.

• – Site investigation:
  Attend client sites, surveys and tender meetings to understand access, interfaces, existing plant, operational restrictions, welfare, lifting constraints, shutdown windows and other conditions affecting delivery.
• – Construction methodology:
  Develop clear installation, removal and replacement methodologies covering sequence, temporary conditions, access, isolation assumptions, cranage, scaffolding, MEWPs, temporary works and reinstatement.
• – Estimating:
  Build labour, supervision, plant, access, consumables, travel, accommodation, preliminaries, testing and contingency allowances using practical productivity assumptions and a clear estimate basis.
• – Smaller tenders:
  Take ownership of lower-value and less complex installation enquiries from scope review and site survey through costing, proposal, clarification and handover.
• – Major-bid support:
  Work alongside the lead Bid Manager and preconstruction resource on larger opportunities, owning the construction workstream and providing evidence‑based challenge to programme, resourcing and site cost assumptions.
• – Lifting strategy:
  Develop outline lifting studies and obtain appropriate crane and specialist input during tendering. Where suitably qualified, competent and formally appointed, prepare or approve lift plans in line with company procedures.
• – Subcontract packages:
  Prepare and issue clear enquiries for craneage, scaffolding, insulation, civils, temporary works, specialist installation and other construction packages; compare returns on a like‑for‑like basis.
• – Programme development:
  Prepare installation programmes and resource histograms that reflect sequencing, access, shift patterns, shutdowns, interfaces, productivity, testing and commissioning requirements.
• – Buildability review:
  Review drawings, layouts and proposed equipment with design and project teams to identify access, maintenance, assembly, transport, erection and future replacement issues before the design is fixed.
• – Risk and scope:
  Identify construction risks, missing information, client dependencies and scope boundaries, ensuring that assumptions, exclusions, qualifications and risk allowances are clearly captured.
• – Tender…