Senior Estimator

Building a sustainable tomorrow

The energy sector is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in its history.  Across the UK and Ireland, electricity networks are expanding at an unprecedented pace to support decarbonisation, energy security, and economic growth, connecting new offshore wind, interconnectors, storage, and low-carbon technologies to homes, industry, and communities. This transition is driving major investment in grid infrastructure, new delivery models, and digital innovation, while placing people, safety, and collaboration at the heart of delivery. For those looking to work on complex, nationally important projects with long-term purpose and impact, the energy sector offers a unique opportunity to help shape a more resilient, sustainable future while developing skills that will be critical for decades to come.

BAM is currently looking for a Senior Estimator to join our Energy Pre-Construction team. In this role, you’ll support bids and Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) projects, playing a key part in securing new work and delivering high-quality pre-construction services.

Your team

The role is based in Wellingborough with a hybrid working model offering flexibility between home, office, and site/client visits.

Making Possible

As a Senior Estimator, you will be responsible for the following:

• Coordinate with bid teams, colleagues in the estimating department, the wider Pre-construction team and ECI project teams


• Manage and deliver cost estimates at various stages in scheme development, scope definition and design maturity to meet challenging timescales, including multiple iterations of budget and target prices


• Support the ECI project teams in preparing project budget costs, advising on value engineering and efficiencies and production of the Construction Target cost.


• Contribute to optioneering and feasibility assessments, value engineering proposals, liaise with bid and project teams representing a range of disciplines to develop and refine proposals and budget costs through to final target price estimates


• Liaise with clients, designers and other consultants, quantity surveyors and other third parties


• Organise and administer tender documents, correspondence, enquiries and quotations


• Challenge and contribute to all aspects of the bid preparation and submission and investigate safe and cost-effective solutions


• Collect and distribute feedback and maintain awareness of the latest techniques


• Prepare cost estimates from first principles using Candy estimating software


• Organise and participate in bid preparation and review meetings


• Prepare tender summary information and price risk and opportunity registers


• Prepare and communicate estimated information for bid review meetings and for handover to project teams


• Co Comply with the Company and Group bid governance procedures.

What do you bring to the role?

• Degree, HND in Civil Engineering or NVQ equivalent level


• Suitable civil engineering project experience in management, engineering or commercial roles


• Proven estimating experience in civil engineering bids


• Considerable variety in types of work and disciplines priced, with understanding of methods and typical production rates/outputs


• Demonstrable understanding of common forms of contract


• Should demonstrate leadership and management skills and have experience of managing a team to achieve deadlines

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary


• A wide range of family-friendly policies


• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance


• 8 % matched pension contributions


• Private healthcare


• Life assurance


• 26 days holiday


• 2 wellbeing days


• 1 volunteering day


• Personal and professional development

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM UK & Ireland | Infrastructure, Email: [email protected]

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.