Reporting to the Head of Cost Estimating and Change under the programme and strategy directorate, the successful candidate will be responsible for developing and summarising detailed estimates for the estimating process across the company, providing accurate and robust figures to be used by internal and external stakeholders.

Takes a lead role in estimate reviews and presentations and provides and supports data and cost analysis

Key Accountability's

- Deliver estimates and provide input for detailed/bottom -up forecasting out turns against benchmarks, norms and current progress.
- Incorporates best practice from industry estimating and related controls services to support consistent best in class approaches and decision making.
- Provide support to the development of programme wide models including (amongst others) indirect costs, whole life, and prelims.
- Responsible for reviewing estimates from consultants and provides recommendation on OLE systems costs.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

- Degree in engineering, construction management, business management or related field
- Knowledge of OLE systems, suppliers, products and costs.
- Extensive knowledge of capital cost estimating
- Demonstrated ability to readily analyse estimate data and correlate to other projects and to conceptualise the total project scope.
- Working with multiple estimating disciplines and a matrix organisation including Construction, Engineering, Project Controls, Procurement, Contracts and Commissioning to collect all necessary data on scope and quantities to prepare accurate estimates
- Must demonstrate advanced level of expertise in the use of MS Word, PowerPoint, Power BI and Excel, typically acquired through multiple years experience.
- Knowledge of engineering and/or construction management.