Senior Electrical Estimator

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Do you want to be at the forefront of one of the world’s most ambitious sustainability initiatives?

Balfour Beatty has created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world over the past 115 years, redefining excellence and setting the industry benchmark with every project. As a result, alongside several consortium partners, Balfour Beatty has been selected by bp (British Petroleum) to construct a first‑of‑a‑kind fully integrated gas‑fired power station with carbon capture and storage, a key driving force behind plans to make Teesside the UK’s first decarbonised industrial cluster.

Balfour Beatty is seeking a dynamic Senior Electrical Estimator to contribute to the Net Zero Teesside (NZT) project based at our site in Redcar and Cleveland.

• Work as a senior figure in the Estimating team, including managing workload allocation of estimating resources within assigned bid teams and undertaking the role of Estimator where required.
• Contribute to meeting the customer’s cost forecasting and reporting requirements within the formats agreed in the contract.
• Oversee and interrogate design options and value solutions, identifying the attractiveness of a project based on sound estimating principles.
• Review drawings and specifications to prepare accurate costing sheets for materials, labour and equipment.
• Ensure compliance with Balfour Beatty procedures, including the pre‑construction gate process.
• Review contract submission requirements, ensuring all financial information is identified and provided and accurate compliant design proposals are included.
• Establish and agree key plant rates.
• Agree with engineering and planning on key methods, outputs and plant selection.
• Conduct detailed analysis of subcontractor estimates.
• Manage and coordinate the preparation of preliminary and general expense pricing, including plant schedules and risk assessment.
• Prepare settlement papers and carry out any adjustments required.
• Sign off all cost elements prior to financial submissions.
• Work with suitable subcontractors and specialists to update cost forecasts and reports.
• Ensure key specialists are utilised on each bid to optimise design, specification, programme and value.
• Manage the production of cost information and submissions for senior management.
• Provide considered responses to customer questions including post‑tender queries.
• Ensure that the project commercial team receives an effective handover of bid documentation.
• Manage customer contact, present proposals at the customer and contribute to customer meetings during the project.
• Lead the development and implementation of appropriate digital toolsets for cost take‑off and other estimating activities, such as 5D cost planning.
• Ensure that cost planning and estimating are accurate and reflect project requirements and risk profile.
• Provide mentoring on bids to Estimators and the bid teams, including commercial and technical advice.
• Carry out measurement and take‑offs, pricing and entry into the system.
• Live the Balfour Beatty Values.
• Maintain a relentless focus on Zero Harm.
• Support the delivery of Balfour Beatty Sustainability activities.
• Monitor performance and quality of selected Cost Consultants throughout the project cycle and ensure validation of their outputs such as Bills of Quantities.
• Input into continuous improvement on bids, including presentation media and strategy papers for Senior Management to guide project pricing and the development of cost management systems and tools.

• Detailed knowledge of electrical services including HV/LV & instrumentation.
• Experience of tendering projects in the petrochemical, nuclear or regulated environments.
• Experience of NAECI Labour agreements.
• Experience of pricing and developing customer MTOs.
• Previous experience of managing the estimating process for construction projects.
• Membership of a relevant professional body and/or qualification is desirable (e.g., RICS, CIOB, RIBA, ICE, CIBSE).
• Knowledge of best practice solutions and optimisation of innovative ideas, understanding of Lean Construction and 5D cost planning.
• Understa…