Senior Estimator

Job title:

Senior Estimator

Location:

Warton – On-site

Salary:  £49,400+ (Depending on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing :

Analyse  business requirements and develop tailored cost  analysis  and pricing strategies, including reviewing historical costs, programme performance, and technical data to generate accurate cost estimates and pricing models that drive informed business  decisions

Oversee cost and pricing activities across the organization, ensuring comprehensive coverage of program elements and associated risks

Create and implement best-in-class  analysis  and modelling tools, selecting the most effective techniques for each context

Conduct “What if” and “should cost” scenario modelling to assess financial impacts

Lead  or support price negotiations and customer audits to ensure alignment with business  objectives

Managing  and developing a direct report, providing guidance, mentorship, and professional development opportunities

Flexibility to potentially travel across the UK and internationally as required to support business needs

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Proven  experience in cost  analysis , planning, forecasting, or business modelling/analysis within an operational or business environment

Advanced proficiency in MS tools, including Excel and Microsoft Dynamics, for effective modelling and  analysis  to identify business  challenges  and propose actionable solutions

Strong  innovative mindset with the ability to think creatively and drive improvements

Excellent  analytical  skills with a keen investigative approach and  strong  numeracy

Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills

Ability to effectively influence  management  information and present it in a succinct and compelling manner

Experience with data  analysis  and visualisation tools, such as Power BI and Tableau

Demonstrate  leadership skills  and the ability to inspire and  manage  teams

Desirable:

Ideally educated to a degree standard  e.g.  Maths, Statistics, Business, Engineering

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Commercial Function Team:

A number of exciting opportunities have arisen within the Air Sector of BAE Systems to join our team of Estimators within the Commercial Function. Our team of Senior Estimators are responsible for the generation of cost estimates, price proposals, data analysis and value modelling to help grow the Air Business sector through data-driven decision making and intelligent business planning. We recognise the importance of being on the forefront of analytical techniques and applications and so are also looking to expand our business modelling, analysis and parametric capabilities so would welcome interest from individuals who have skills that would contribute to this goal.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.)

that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:  30th January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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