Lead Estimator
Category: Architectural & Engineering
Location:
Position Title: Lead Estimator
Work Set-up: Work from Home
Schedule: 3:00 PM – 12:00 AM PHT | UK Holidays
Salary: PHP 85,000 to PHP 100,000
About the Client
Our client is a leading specialist in structural repair, renovation, and strengthening of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. With over 35 years of experience, they deliver end-to-end solutions—from advanced structural assessments to repair and remediation—ensuring safety, performance, and long-term durability. Known for their innovative, technology-driven approach and high-quality service, they are a trusted partner for clients across the UK.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the estimating function, taking ownership of tendering activities from initial enquiry through to successful contract award.
• Identify, pursue, and secure new business opportunities in line with company growth objectives and commercial strategy.
• Work closely with directors and senior management to provide commercial insight, pricing advice, and bid strategy recommendations.
• Monitor planning portals, frameworks, and procurement platforms to identify suitable tender opportunities.
• Review tender, contract, and pre-construction documentation to assess scope, risk, compliance, and commercial viability.
• Lead the preparation and submission of PQQs, SQs, capability statements, and tender returns to a high professional standard.
• Manage the full tender process, ensuring all submissions are accurate, competitive, compliant, and delivered within deadlines.
• Prepare detailed quantity take-offs, cost plans, and robust estimates for structural repair, refurbishment, and associated works.
• Build rates from first principles, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractor input, preliminaries, and risk allowances.
• Issue and manage subcontractor and supplier enquiries, analyse quotations, and secure best-value procurement solutions.
• Develop scopes of works, technical proposals, value engineering options, and detailed contractor submissions.
• Lead bid adjudication reviews, presenting key assumptions, exclusions, risks, and recommendations to senior management prior to submission.
• Attend client meetings to discuss project requirements, clarify scope, explain proposals, and strengthen client relationships.
• Facilitate coordination meetings with operational and delivery teams to review live and tender-stage projects, monitor budgets, and align commercial objectives.
• Liaise with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams throughout the pre-construction, bidding, and handover stages.
• Review drawings, specifications, and contract conditions to identify cost risks, opportunities, and programme implications.
• Oversee project handover to delivery teams, ensuring all commercial, technical, and contractual information is clearly communicated.
• Review profit analysis reports, tender outcomes, and project feedback to improve estimating accuracy, cost planning, and margin performance.
• Produce cost comparisons, benchmarking data, budget forecasts, and commercial reports to support decision-making.
• Maintain and improve supplier, subcontractor, and pricing databases to support efficient and competitive estimating.
• Drive continuous improvement in estimating systems, bid processes, templates, and reporting standards.
• Manage, mentor, and support junior estimators, allocating workload and maintaining high standards of accuracy, quality, and performance across the team.
• Promote commercial awareness, best practice, and a high-performance culture within the estimating and pre-construction function.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field (RICS accreditation is advantageous but not essential).
• At least 10 years of proven experience in a similar estimating role.
• Strong tendering experience, with the ability to manage the full bid lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience in pr