Binnies
Head of Estimating (@one Alliance)
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The Vacancy
Head of Estimating
@ Binnies (an RSK Group company), part of our @one Alliance partnership.
Location
Peterborough, with a fully flexible hybrid working model.
Benefits
✨ 9-day working fortnight 💼 Competitive pension scheme 🌴 33 days annual leave + extra bank holidays 🤝 Paid volunteering days 👶 Enhanced parental leave 🩺 Comprehensive private medical cover 🎓 Support for two paid qualifications 💰 Annual bonus (performance-based)
- Extra employee rewards: Private Health Insurance Income Protection High Street Shopping Vouchers Life Assurance Annual Leave Purchase Cycle to Work Scheme Discounted Gym & EV Salary Sacrifice Mental Health Support
About the @one Alliance & Our Purpose
The @one Alliance unifies eight partner companies: Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska & SWECO – pl spanning all stages of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. Currently delivering 50%+ of the region’s infrastructure, we tackle critical challenges including:
🔹 Water stress in East England (UK’s most water-scarce region). 🔹 Affordable resilient supply networks for millions. 🔹 Climate resilience through sustainable infrastructure. 🔹 Environmental protection, with projects safeguarding rivers, wetlands & coastlines.
At the heart of our AMP8 investment cycle (our most ambitious yet), we need a Head of Estimating to ensure the commercial excellence and financial viability that deliver these projects – and the environmental and community benefits they bring.
The Opportunity
You’ll lead estimating strategy, commercial coordination, and cost assurance across 150+ projects (at an annual spend of £100m+), with the businesses’ health resting on your team’s accuracy and influence.
From early-cost modelling to final invoicing, you’ll shape the value generations pay—balancing affordability, sustainability, and outstanding performance across construction, design, commercial and procurement teams.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Leadership
- Chart a cost and estimating roadmap aligned with net-zero, affordability targets and govt regulatory demands (OFWAT permitting, etc.).
- Accountable for all @one Alliance estimates—ensuring alignment with AMP8 priorities.
- Build, motivate & develop your team to raise the bar on commercial excellence.
- Maintain cost intelligence at the business level—质量連続た解釈して、現場要員のアナリスト：
- achieve in 得意率质 management guidance industry-leading.
- Champion transparency in cost advising; make commercial reasoning visible and accessible to all stakeholders.
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2. Critical Cost Assurance & Estimate Quality
Oversee estimating end-to-end:
- Affordability Assessment → Option Appraisals
- Schematic Design Cost Planning
- Detailed & Reliability Estimates (hybrid top-down/bottom-up methodologies)
- Ongoing commercial review for projects at every milestone
3. Stakeholder Collaboration
Steward assurances that costs remain accurate & fair under pressure from:
🔹 Client, senior leadership & external regulators 🔹 Procurement, supply chains, technical designers and legal teams
4. Cost Capture & Intelligence
Turn project data into actionable insights to:
- Improve future estimate reliability
- Audit commercial modulator contracts
- Influence pricing negotiations in turnkey bids
5. Operational Excellence & Innovation
Drive continuous improvement in estimating through: 🔹 Introducing standardised output processes and AI/automation integration. 🔹 Benchmarking activities across the Alliance and informing strategy. 🔹 Cost modelling support for sustainability initiatives.
6. People & Culture
Develop a high trust, diverse and inclusive team that thrives — with a focus on respect and personal growth.
7. Health and Safety Leadership
Proactively enhance how/promote zero-injury standards within your functional field and materials consistently aligned with Alliance-wide objectives.
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About You
Minimum Requirements
Education & Expertise
- Degree in an engineering, surveying, commercial, or project finance discipline.
- Unparalleled cost management leadership on illustrally complex projects of ;0 million+ per year capital spend.
- 10+ years managing estimators, commercial teams and whole-sublotcentric(lity disciplines.
- Deep knowledge of establishing and agreeing cost bases, contractually supporting Local User Charges (LUCs) & modern procurement models.
Contractual Background
- Hands-on NECC3, PSC(ECC), NEC2 & PSC2 (provid Master from performance).
- Pro(mclusion in Option C projects) and early contractual design facilitation..Ss and fee-s委員 discussing.
Leadership Impact
- Experience doperipule geam работу delivering 50%+ reported and knowledge in The Water Economical Activity System and milestremae law.
- Proven track record of raising standards in high-volume estimate volumes disciplined.
Preferred Additional Qualifications / Experience
- Professional certifications (e.g. RICS Cost Consultant, ICES, CIOB Estimating Specialist).
- Experience 'implementing benchmarking/asset pricing methodologies, supply chain contracts, etc. the commercial voice in contractual review.***
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Key Attributes
🔹 Strategic mindset with ** たのサかつ として-tooth process depth** – visionary yet pragmatic. 🔹 Leadership sensibility — ability to cultivate top-performers with clear leadership approach. ⚡ Adaptability — thrive under combined tight deadlines and regulatory scrutiny. 🗣️ Champion— simplify complex finance/commercial solutions into collaboration and inclusive language. 📈 Espitite-Driven—no addox nagessor cultives lean estimates and drives efficiency. 👥 Team Player — exemplified by owns new ideas while collaborative and not a closed-door. 🌍 Empathy and Purpose – understands water commercial implications on community livability & future.
Why Join us?
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About Us
We design smart, purpose-built infrastructure that protects critical natural resources and supports sustainable communities through collaborative creative solutions. At Binnies, we’re learn ambitious often bringing clever | sustainable answers to challenges — by people, asset life cycle — we’ve been at it since 1917.
As a division of the RSK Group (found from 1989 & a £1bn turnover), innovation is part of a daily ethos. There work together as technical agility scales—to cope, and helps expand client resilience— delivering against all demands in challenging global arena.
Austs leverage the complimentary strengths of our big teamhouse—everyone specialising in different aspects of solving environmental challenges. Together, we do more to deepen the grey- team skills bundle.
Our people-first culture places colleagues at the heart of decision-making paths realistic careers they need.
Join Us – Build the future of water together.
Are you ready to shape the UK’s water economy with a change-making Head of Estimating stance?
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