Galliford Try
Senior Estimator
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Job Title – Senior Estimator
Location – Manchester
What you will be doing:
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Estimator to join our successful Pre-Construction team based in Manchester, delivering projects across the North West.
Reporting to the Pre-Construction Director, you will play a key role in securing future work by leading estimating activities, developing robust cost plans, and driving commercial excellence across a diverse portfolio of projects.
This role would suit an experienced estimator with a strong background in major construction projects, who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about delivering high-quality, competitive bids.
Key Responsibilities
As Senior Estimator, you will:
- Lead the estimating function on a range of tender opportunities from inception to submission.
- Prepare detailed cost plans and undertake analytical and first-principles estimating.
- Take ownership of medium-sized tenders and support larger, more complex opportunities.
- Review tender documentation, specifications, drawings, and employer requirements.
- Manage and coordinate subcontract and supplier enquiries.
- Analyse subcontract quotations and assess compliance with project requirements.
- Collaborate closely with Design, Commercial, Planning, Procurement, and Operational teams throughout the bid process.
- Support the development of value engineering proposals and DfMA initiatives.
- Identify and evaluate commercial risks and opportunities.
- Prepare tender adjudication and settlement documentation.
- Contribute to bid strategy, qualifications, preliminaries, overheads, and profit considerations.
- Maintain robust estimating procedures and governance standards.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with the supply chain to optimise project outcomes.
- Utilise estimating software and digital tools to improve accuracy, consistency, and efficiency.
What We're Looking For
To be successful in this role, you'll have:
- Proven experience preparing competitive tenders for major building or construction projects.
- Strong understanding of procurement routes including:
- Single Stage Tendering
- Two Stage Tendering
- Design & Build
- Framework Agreements
- Negotiated Tenders
- Experience working with a Tier 1 or leading regional contractor.
- Excellent commercial awareness and risk management skills.
- Strong cost planning and estimating capabilities.
- Proficiency in conquest estimating software and Microsoft Office applications.
- The ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and contract documentation.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A proactive, organised, and self-motivated approach.
- A full UK driving licence.
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What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion, we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects, offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long-held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented, and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme, which offers discounts on certain products, advice, and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where, and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity, and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.
Our benefits:
We put our people first, and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.
- Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
- A wide range of corporate discounts
- Cycle to Work schemes
- Comprehensive pension plan
- Competitive family leave policy
- Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
- Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees, and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
- Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role
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About us:
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.
We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain, and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Infrastructure business, please contact Jack Allford at jack.allford@gallifordtry.co.uk.
Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, part-time, and/or flexibly, and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meets the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.
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