Reporting to the Estimating Manager, you will be responsible for processing tenders from receipt to submission, on a range of general civils projects across Scotland, up to £10 million in value. Projects can include major infrastructure, roads, earthworks, solar farms and battery storage facilities.
Your duties as Senior Estimator will include:
* Preparation of accurate and competitive cost estimates for a wide variety of civil engineering projects
* Reviewing and reporting on the Client's Enquiry to enable a decision to bid.
* Preparing subcontract & materials enquiries for administration & buying team.
* Building up an accurate cost estimates for the permanent works in an elemental and analytical format.
* Preparing an accurate cost estimate for the indirect resources required to carry out the works in accordance with agreed programme & engineering requirements.
* Checking labour & plant resources accumulated in the cost estimate balance with those derived from the tender programme.
* Preparing & presenting the commercial aspects of the tender to the Directors/Senior Managers for adjudication and approval.
* Preparing the commercial tender for submission to the Client.
* Managing hand over to the delivery team
The successful candidate will be currently working as a Senior Estimator for a rival Civil Engineering contractor and will have progressed their career from Site Engineer level. You will:
* Have an HNC/HND or Degree qualification in Civil Engineering
* Be able to work to strict deadlines
* Be able to work on own initiative
* Be able to use analytical methods for rate build ups
* Have good communication skills”, “datePosted”: “2026-05-21”, “hiringOrganization”: { “@type”: “Organization”, “name”: “Deanston Cooper”, “sameAs”: “https://uk.whatjobs.com/pub_api__cpl__438821376__4861?utm_campaign=publisher&utm_medium=api&utm_source=4861&geoID=12335” }, “jobLocation”: { “@type”: “Place”, “address”: { “@type”: “PostalAddress”, “addressLocality”: “Glasgow” } } }
Deanston Cooper is currently recruiting for a Senior Estimator to work in the Glasgow office of a highly successful, privately owned civil engineering contractor.
Reporting to the Estimating Manager, you will be responsible for processing tenders from receipt to submission, on a range of general civils projects across Scotland, up to £10 million in value. Projects can include major infrastructure, roads, earthworks, solar farms and battery storage facilities.
Your duties as Senior Estimator will include:
* Preparation of accurate and competitive cost estimates for a wide variety of civil engineering projects
* Reviewing and reporting on the Client’s Enquiry to enable a decision to bid.
* Preparing subcontract & materials enquiries for administration & buying team.
* Building up an accurate cost estimates for the permanent works in an elemental and analytical format.
* Preparing an accurate cost estimate for the indirect resources required to carry out the works in accordance with agreed programme & engineering requirements.
* Checking labour & plant resources accumulated in the cost estimate balance with those derived from the tender programme.
* Preparing & presenting the commercial aspects of the tender to the Directors/Senior Managers for adjudication and approval.
* Preparing the commercial tender for submission to the Client.
* Managing hand over to the delivery team
The successful candidate will be currently working as a Senior Estimator for a rival Civil Engineering contractor and will have progressed their career from Site Engineer level. You will:
* Have an HNC/HND or Degree qualification in Civil Engineering
* Be able to work to strict deadlines
* Be able to work on own initiative
* Be able to use analytical methods for rate build ups
* Have good communication skills…