Senior Estimator Defence

Turner & Townsend
Cambridge
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Client-facing","Leadership","Attention to detail"]

Own and support the production of accurate, comprehensive estimates for defence projects and programmes. Produce cost models from order of magnitude to detailed estimates, contribute to estimating assurance, and help shape major programme estimating strategy. Work within an integrated Project Controls team, support bids for new work, role-model good estimating practice, and help develop defence estimating capability across the business. Hybrid role in Cambridge with UK security clearance requirements.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
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Senior Estimator Defence

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Job Summary

Own and support the production of accurate, comprehensive estimates for defence projects and programmes. Produce cost models from order of magnitude to detailed estimates, contribute to estimating assurance, and help shape major programme estimating strategy. Work within an integrated Project Controls team, support bids for new work, role-model good estimating practice, and help develop defence estimating capability across the business. Hybrid role in Cambridge with UK security clearance requirements.
Location: Cambridge
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Support leadership or manage the production of accurate, comprehensive estimates for defence projects/programmes.
  • •Provide estimating assurance and contribute to major programmes estimating strategy.
  • •Support bids for new work and act as a role model for less experienced staff.
  • •Support development and promotion of estimating good practice/best practice within Turner & Townsend.
  • •Stay abreast of developments in your technical area to provide best-practice advice aligned with business objectives.

Key Requirements

  • •Qualification in estimating, quantity surveying, or cost engineering.
  • •Experience working in the defence sector.
  • •Proven experience compiling, assuring, and delivering complex estimates and cost models.
  • •Ability to work within an integrated Project Controls team.
  • •Excellent and flexible skills in Microsoft Office Suite (MS Excel, Work, PowerPoint), with strong written and verbal communication in client-facing environments.
Experience:DefencePublic sectorProject controls
Skills:CommunicationClient-facingLeadershipAttention to detail
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Microsoft Office SuiteMS ExcelMS WorkPowerPoint

Eligibility

Nationality:UK National
Security Clearance:UK MoD Security Clearance (SC)

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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