Senior Estimating Manager

About the role

The Senior Estimating Manager will lead the commercial estimating and tendering function, producing high-quality, competitive and compliant bids across multiple business streams. Reporting to the Head of Estimating, the role works closely with Business Development, Operations, Supply Chain and Finance to protect margins and support growth.

Key responsibilities

• Lead preparation of robust, compliant and competitive estimates aligned with commercial strategy.
• Develop cost models from first principles, ensuring accuracy and commercial integrity.
• Provide analytical insight, risk assessment and commercial judgement for tender adjudications.
• Support value engineering, scenario modelling and pricing strategy development.
• Analyse tender documentation, specifications and operational data to produce clear proposals.
• Maintain governance standards, respond to RFIs and client queries, and review contracts with legal and operations teams.
• Engage with supply-chain partners to obtain competitive quotations and market intelligence.
• Present estimating outputs and recommendations to senior stakeholders and support mobilisation post-award.

Required profile

• Senior-level experience in commercial estimating and tendering within construction.

Required skills

• Cost modelling
• Value engineering
• Scenario modelling
• Tender analysis

What we offer

• Annual salary up to £91,000
• £4,800 car allowance
• Full-time permanent contract (40 hours per week)
• Remote home-based working with UK travel