Lead Estimator - Piping & Structural

Location: Grimsby

Duration: 12 Month Contract

IR35: Inside (PAYE)

Overview:

Seeking an experienced Estimating Lead to join the fabrication team in Grimsby on a contract basis. The successful candidate will lead a small estimating department responsible for preparing competitive and accurate estimates for structural steelwork and pipework fabrication projects, combining strong technical estimating capability with leadership, commercial awareness, and close collaboration with operations and clients.

Role Outline/Responsibilities:

• The Lead Estimator is responsible for leading the estimating function, assigning bid packages, prioritizing workload, and reporting progress to management.
• Lead, mentor, and support the estimating team to ensure consistency, accuracy, and timely submission of bids.
• Review tender documentation to identify commercial risks, exclusions, and opportunities.
• Support pricing strategy and bid adjudication with senior management.
• Ensure estimates align with operational capability, execution approach, and commercial objectives.
• Work with subcontractors to prepare and issue RFQ packages for work not performed internally, including defining scope, providing drawings/specifications, and required documentation.
• Develop detailed indirect cost estimates for on-site and off-site support activities.
• Complete detailed cost calculations including indirects, direct labor, materials, rentals, subcontracts, and equipment.
• Determine bid response strategies including schedule approach, execution plan, and subcontractor requirements.
• Gather, analyze, and compile information for negotiated work and submit required inputs to Operations.
• Compile work packages upon award for shop and site works to enable efficient handover to delivery teams.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• The Estimator is responsible for developing and managing estimate plans across plating as the primary discipline, with support to piping estimates as required.
• Contributing to and overseeing the detailed development of the estimates.
• Coordinating with other departments and/or offices as required and conducting estimate reviews with senior management.
• Prepare and manage estimate/bid packages, ensuring all required documentation is included.
• Prepare discipline by discipline quantity take-offs (plating/structural fabrication and installation as primary; piping materials and installation as secondary).
• Attend site walkarounds with the client to fully understand the proposed scope of work.
• Work with subcontracts to prepare and distribute subcontractor RFQ packages for work within project scope but not performed internally, including defining the scope of work, providing drawings, specifications, and required documentation.
• Develop detailed indirect estimates, both on-site and off-site support.
• Support piping estimating activities as a secondary skill set, including review of isometrics, piping specifications, and MTOs to build labor and material pricing.
• Determine specific strategies in response to bids including scheduling, execution plan, and subcontractor requirements.
• Compile work packages, upon successful award for shop and site works.
• Worley is an equal opportunity employer.
• Run weekly Estimating meetings to define outstanding actions, new estimates, and discuss current bids and work in partnership with the fabrication workshop and projects team to discuss upcoming workload.
• Reporting into the Customer Solutions Manager you will produce proposal documentation to develop a winning bid for Worley Field Services.
• Be responsible for monthly reporting for estimating.