Estimator - Infrastructure

Owing to continued demand and our ambitious plans for growth, Turner & Townsend are looking to recruit Estimators and Senior Estimators with proven experience across the Infrastructure (Rail, Highways, Power, Marine, Water or Utilities) sector.

The Midlands region is supporting a wide range of major programmes and portfolios of work, over the next few years and beyond. Estimating opportunities are available across the region within our Birmingham and Nottingham offices.

Estimators at Turner & Townsend make the difference for our clients by supporting them as an embedded resource within their organisation or through ad-hoc pieces of work for multiple clients across the Infrastructure sector as part of the Turner & Townsend Estimating Hub. Although our work is predominantly for regionally based clients, as workload requires, our Estimators have the opportunity to work remotely (within region) on estimating tasks for our clients both nationally and internationally.

Our team deliver a wide range of Estimating and Commercial Intelligence outputs for our clients, to support their decision making, including:

• Estimate Production (from Order of Magnitude estimates through to detailed estimates built up from first principles);
• Estimating Assurance;
• Estimating Support to Major Programme Set up;
• Data analysis and benchmarking.

As an Estimator at Turner & Townsend you will be responsible for:

• Production of accurate and comprehensive estimates and cost plans for projects in a timely and efficient manner;
• Control and management of the estimating process at project level;
• Production of estimates without management or supervision;
• Assist with the gathering and sharing of estimating data
• Supporting development and promotion of estimating good practice within Turner & Townsend;
• Assisting in the achievement of departmental objectives;
• Staying abreast of developments within own technical area of expertise to be able to give best practice advice in line with business objectives.

Requirements

• Qualified to high standard in Estimating or Quantity Surveying with proven relevant experience;
• Relevant successful experience of provision of estimating and/or QS services in a large project environment;
• Previous experience of working with estimating software packages;
• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status or working towards;
• Desirable membership of RICS / CIOB /A. Cost E.