About the role
Senior Estimator – Balfour Beatty – Connect Plus Services (CPS)
Location: Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Estimator to join our Connect Plus Services (CPS) team, supporting the M25 London Orbital Motorway project.
CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis, responsible for operating and maintaining the M25—Europe’s busiest motorway. Delivering over £100m of annual investment alongside planned and reactive maintenance, this is a complex and high‑profile network requiring strong commercial capability and accurate, data‑driven decision making.
If you are looking to build your career in highways and infrastructure, this role offers the opportunity to work within one of the UK’s most dynamic and challenging environments.
What you’ll be doing
As a Senior Estimator within the Commercial Change team, you will play a key role in preparing and reviewing cost estimates for a wide range of highways works.
You will contribute to the evaluation of design options, identify cost‑effective solutions, and support commercial decision‑making by providing accurate, robust pricing and analysis. You will also support the development of junior team members and work closely with internal teams, stakeholders and supply chain partners.
Key responsibilities
- Prepare detailed estimates in line with company policies and procedures
- Review technical drawings, specifications and reports to produce accurate costings for labour, plant and materials
- Develop Bills of Quantities and Schedules of Rates from drawings and specifications
- Assess design options and contribute to value engineering and cost optimisation
- Identify risks, opportunities and assumptions, supporting pricing strategy and budget development
- Analyse tender information and determine commercial viability of opportunities
- Liaise with the Change team, wider CPS teams and supply chain to develop methodologies and delivery approaches
- Maintain and update rate libraries within estimating systems (e.g. CANDY)
- Mentor and support junior estimators
Who we’re looking for
About you
We’re looking for a commercially aware Estimator with strong technical capability and infrastructure experience.
- Background with an infrastructure main contractor, ideally within highways or term maintenance
- Proven experience estimating heavy civils or infrastructure projects
- Strong knowledge of pricing, measurement and cost planning methodologies
- Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office, with experience in estimating software (CANDY desirable)
- Understanding of Lean principles and value engineering approaches
- Awareness of BIM and digital construction tools (desirable)
- Strong communication skills and ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Relevant professional qualification or working towards ICE, CICES, RICS, CIOB (desirable)
- Valid CSCS card
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
We offer a full range of benefits, including:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working where roles allow
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more
About us
Connect Plus Services (CPS) brings together the collective strength of our parent companies – Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK. With around 600 people, based at eight locations across the M25 network, we work on behalf of Connect Plus and National Highways to manage the operation of the M25 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from routine maintenance to managing the whole‑life requirement of thousands of assets across the network.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
We are members of WISE, ENEI, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long‑term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and actively encourages applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We also offer applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We continually improve our resourcing process to ensure it is fair and inclusive for all.
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