Contract
Senior Estimator - Civil Engineering
Birmingham

Posted 2 days ago
Our client, a prominent player in the rail sector, is seeking a Senior Estimator with heavy civil engineering experience for a contract role based in Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to contribute to a major rail project on an initial 6-month contract.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading the development of a small team within a major rail project
- Supporting and leading assurance on contractor estimates
- Producing high-level order of magnitude costs and first principal estimates
- Working across multiple work packages and disciplines
- Completing a full take-off independently, including proficiency in UK measurement methods (RMM1, CESMM4) and estimating software
- Understanding indirect costs and other fees in estimates
- Engaging with stakeholders such as engineers, clients, and authorities
- Reviewing outputs from junior estimators and providing project guidance
- Writing basis-of-estimate reports for director review
- Benchmarking outputs against market data
Job Requirements:
- Experience in estimating within the civil engineering sector, particularly rail
- Strong leadership and team development skills
- Advanced understanding of UK measurement methods and estimating software
- Ability to work on multiple tasks and disciplines
- Proficiency in producing detailed and high-level estimates
- Strong stakeholder engagement capabilities
- Ability to review and guide junior estimators'' outputs
- Experience in writing comprehensive basis-of-estimate reports
- Capability to benchmark against market data
- Willingness to travel to London and/or Birmingham 3 days a week
If you are a seasoned Senior Estimator looking to apply your expertise to a significant rail project, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client''s dedicated team in London.