Estimator – Rail & Civils

Overview

In this Estimator role, you will assess tender information for completeness, prepare quantity take-offs, and compile subcontract and material enquiries for a leading rail civil engineering contractor. You will partner with planners, bid managers, and delivery teams to shape tender submissions and may help develop delivery methodologies. The role focuses on accurate cost build-ups, data-driven analysis of benchmarks, and ensuring robust tender documentation for Network Rail CP6 projects. This is a chance to drive cost certainty on large-scale rail schemes and contribute to high-profile programmes like HS2 Phase One and Crossrail.

Responsibilities

• Check tender information for completeness and flag gaps.
• Produce quantity take-offs from tender information/drawings using traditional methods or Causeway/similar software.
• Back up and save work securely to minimize data loss.
• Prepare Sub-contract & Material enquiry documentation in a standard format.
• Forward enquiry documentation to Administration for issue; advise on supplier recipients.
• Analyze Sub-Contracts, quotations, and normalisation of data.
• Benchmark historic project data against first principles tender build-ups.
• Discuss resourcing and outputs with Planner, Bid Manager, and delivery team; support methodology development for tenders when required.

Key requirements

• Rail/Civils estimating experience
• Civil engineering project experience
• Working knowledge of Excel and Word and Estimating software

• collaboration
• attention to detail
• communication with bid team and suppliers
• Causeway (estimating software)
• Excel
• Estimating software knowledge

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