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Senior Estimator
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Location: Scotland / Remote with occasional travel
Sector: Civil Engineering
It's easy to claim that a role offers genuine long-term security, flexibility and a consistently strong pipeline of work, but you need to be able to demonstrate that.
This business is a highly respected infrastructure and civil engineering business with an excellent reputation built on long-standing client relationships—many developed and maintained over decades. With secured and upcoming work across a diverse range of frameworks and sectors, they are looking to appoint a Senior Estimator to strengthen their preconstruction team.
This is a flexible role with pan-Scotland responsibility. You can be based remotely, with only occasional travel required for key meetings, site visits and collaboration with the wider business.
The opportunity
You will take a leading role in producing robust, commercially sound estimates from first principles. You will assess opportunity, client requirements and risk, working closely with operational teams, Bid Managers, Planners and senior stakeholders throughout the tender process.
You will also support the transition from successful bid to delivery, ensuring site teams have a clear understanding of the estimate, methodology and key assumptions.
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Key responsibilities
- Prepare detailed estimates in line with company procedures and tender requirements.
- Build tender submissions from first principles, including labour, plant, materials, subcontract packages, preliminaries and risk allowances.
- Identify opportunities, commercial risk and key assumptions throughout the tender process.
- Work closely with operational teams to agree the proposed methodology, programme requirements and delivery principles.
- Liaise with Bid Managers, Planners, Designers, Supply Chain and other internal stakeholders.
- Maintain clear tender estimate files, assumption registers and supporting documentation.
About you
You will be an experienced estimator from a relevant civil engineering or infrastructure background, with the confidence to work independently while building strong relationships across operational and commercial teams.
Ideally, you'll have previous experience working on site in one or more of the following areas:
- Civil engineering
- Water and wastewater
- Rail
- Waste and environmental infrastructure
- Tunnelling
- Marine
- Renewable energy
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Why join?
This is an opportunity to join a business that is built for the long term—not reliant on a single market, client or short-term project cycle. Its sustained success is underpinned by trusted client partnerships, repeat business and a broad portfolio of secured framework and project opportunities.
The company offers:
- A strong, stable and varied pipeline of work across multiple infrastructure sectors and frameworks.
- Long-standing client relationships and a reputation for quality, collaboration and delivery.
- Flexible working arrangements, including the ability to work remotely from across Scotland or further afield, with only occasional visits required.
- A senior role with real influence across bid strategy, preconstruction and project delivery.
- A benefits package that is notably stronger than the industry standard.
- The security and development opportunities that come with joining a successful, forward-thinking contractor.
If you are a Senior Estimator looking for flexibility, meaningful responsibility and the confidence of joining a business with a proven track record and excellent future workload, we would be keen to hear from you.
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