Lead​/Senior Estimators – Rail

About Turner & Townsend

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. We deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

Are you looking for a new challenge in Estimating / Cost Planning?

Owing to continued demand and our ambitious plans for growth, Turner & Townsend are looking to recruit Lead/Senior Estimators with proven experience in the Rail sector.

You will be making the difference for our clients by supporting them as an embedded resource within their organizations and supporting the wider Turner & Townsend Estimating Hub.

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

• Qualified to high standard in cost planning, estimating or quantity surveying with proven relevant experience.
• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status or working towards it.
• Detailed knowledge of cost planning, estimating processes and techniques.
• Relevant successful experience of provision of estimating and/or QS services in a large project environment.
• Previous experience of working with estimating software packages.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom