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Job Title: Estimator
Location: Broad Oak, Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Up to £36,000 depending on skills and experience
What You’ll Be Doing
* Creating and compiling of typically moderate complexity cost estimates for bids and projects in line with business and estimating processes
* Compiling of accurate and timely estimates using experience, knowledge, historic data and via interaction with key stakeholders
* Reviewing inputs and ensure these are in line with the scope of work
* Developing and maintaining relationships, liaise and interact with key project related stakeholders
* Completing the generation and analysis of uncertainty and risk as required
* Producing and maintaining a suitable, properly documented, Basis of Estimate for all estimates, including dependencies, assumptions, risk, exclusions and opportunities
* Managing change to the estimate and cost model in line with internally or externally driven change to the scope of work
* Providing frequent feedback to direct supervision, the bid team and/or other key stakeholders with support or under supervision as required
Your Skills And Experiences
* Usually qualified to A Level, ONC/HNC standard or similar as a minimum
* Basic working knowledge of estimating principles, techniques and practices and different types of cost estimates
* Possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Estimating Team
You will be a vital member of our Estimating team, reporting into the Estimating Manager. You will be involved in tech that is constantly evolving and be part of the next generation of projects. This is a varied and interesting role with the opportunity to work across many different lines of business including radar, underwater and small boats with the scope to progress and develop within the wider BAE Systems organisation.
As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 2nd July 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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