Principal Estimator

Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Principal Estimator to join our Group Commercial Team supporting our Complex Facilities Business Unit. This is a remote role that will require weekly travel.  

The purpose of the Principal Estimator is to support the complex facilities division in producing high quality estimates and tender submissions that support the overall business strategy, checking and complying with Amey governance, ensuring the business secures profitable bids with a balanced risk profile.

Reporting to the Commercial Director, you will be leading pricing key strategic bids and frameworks with a value if up to £2Bn.

The standard hours of work are based on 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading the pricing key strategic project and framework opportunities, often leading a team of estimators to a common goal.
• Acting as subject matter expert for Estimating within the Business Unit.
• Providing professional estimating expertise into the business unit functions to ensure profitable projects are secured.
• Liaising with other estimating, operational and commercial staff to delivery high quality, robust pricing submissions.
• Coaching / mentoring and development of staff, both in the estimating discipline and wider business functions to ensure the work winning process and procedures are embedded and adhered to.
• Leading the evaluation and pricing of risk and opportunity on tenders.
• Ensuring a comprehensive and robust handover to post-contract delivery teams is undertaken for all secured tenders.
• Maintaining a library of outputs and pricing data to enable both internal and tender benchmarking.
• Attending client engagement meetings/sites

We want to hear from you if you have:

• A qualification of either a HNC or degree in a related discipline
• Experience within FM (both soft and hard FM)
• Extensive experience within a similar role
• A very good knowledge of differing standard forms of Contract (including but not limited to Crown Commercial Service Frameworks) within the field of practice and the ability to communicate any pricing and commercial issues concisely and effectively to the Senior Leadership Team.
• The ability to provide strategic estimating and contract advice to Director level stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Skilled in negotiation and influencing.
• Good knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental Guidelines.
• The ability to evaluate a tender specification and quantify the labour, plant and materials required to carry out the requirements
• Prepare detailed analytical tenders and estimates from first principles within time constraints, support the Head of Estimating on bids.

What we can offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives
• Company Car / Car allowance  

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.
• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.
• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.  
• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

To find out more take a look at our website www.amey.co.uk

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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