Job Overview
The Estimating Engineer will utilise their industry experience and technical expertise to produce accurate and competitive estimates for client projects. This includes preparing cost and time estimates, ensuring project consistency, and maintaining client satisfaction throughout the tendering process.
The role also involves managing existing client relationships, identifying new business opportunities, and contributing to the continuous improvement of the company's estimating and tendering systems.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
1. Prepare cost budgets and estimates for new contracts, ensuring alignment and consistency across all projects.
2. Update and revise cost estimates in response to project scope or design changes.
3. Develop and submit comprehensive, well-structured proposals, adhering to client requirements and including all supporting documentation.
4. Maintain detailed records of estimation documents, including site assessments, assumptions, and contract terms.
5. Collaborate with the Tendering Manager and Design Team to ensure innovative, accurate, and cost-effective project solutions.
6. Build and maintain strong relationships with existing clients while identifying and engaging with potential new customers.
7. Support the tendering process by providing technical and commercial insights to strengthen bids.
8. Contribute to the development and improvement of estimating tools and internal systems.
What We're Looking For
9. Proven experience in a fast-paced engineering or construction environment.
10. Excellent customer-facing and communication skills, with a strong commercial focus.
11. Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook; experience with estimation software (e.g., Simpro) is advantageous.
12. Valid UK driving licence.
13. Demonstrated experience in preparing cost estimates for 33kV–kV projects.
14. Understanding of UK DNO (G81) requirements for contestable works.
15. Knowledge of Balance of Plant (BOP) works related to Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) is advantageous but not essential.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Pankaj Chaudhary at .