Key Questions
Do you have proven experience producing fully costed civil engineering estimates, including labour, plant, materials, subcontracts, and preliminaries, within a major contractor or similar environment?
Can you demonstrate hands?on experience using professional estimating software and applying governance, procurement compliance, and contract structures (e.g., NEC, JCT) throughout the tendering process?
Are you looking for an opportunity where your estimating expertise directly shapes high?value civil infrastructure bids—and where your input genuinely influences winning projects?The Opportunity
This role has arisen due to continued business expansion and a growing pipeline of complex civil engineering tenders, providing an excellent opportunity to join a highly respected tier?one contractor with a strong reputation for technical excellence and collaborative delivery. Working within a high?performing bid team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping competitive tender submissions by ensuring robust pricing, compliance with governance procedures, and accurate evaluation of labour, plant, materials, subcontractor and temporary works costs. You’ll enjoy a varied workload, exposure to major infrastructure frameworks, and the chance to influence successful bid outcomes—alongside clear development pathways, strong technical support, and industry?leading employee benefits.
Your duties and responsibilities:
Ensure company governance procedures are followed at all times.
Work in coordination with the Bid Manager to ensure competitive pricing.
Agree methodologies and outputs for key activities with planner and, where appropriate, with Bid Manager/Design Manager.
Provide advice to Bid Manager/Design Manager on most cost effective design options.
Price alternative design solutions.
Produce competitive price using methodologies and outputs etc to suit conditions/ situations relevant to the scheme..
Advise Bid Manager of sufficiency of client bill of quantity/activity schedule and arrange for full quantity take off or checking as required.
Prepare the price estimate for tenders of budget pricing comprising the following aspects:
Labour
Develop local rates/build up rates for self-delivered items.
Ensure Working Rule Agreement (and any other specific requirements such as London Living wage) included in labour rates.
Prepare scheme specific labour rate calculation where required.
Plant
Develop local rates/build up rates for self-delivered items.
Liaise with Planner to reconcile plant resource levels.
Materials
Comparison sheet for materials considering unit rate (conversation factors), wastage, waiting times and part loads etc.
Liaise with procurement to determine appropriate selection of suppliers to send enquiries to.
Liaise with procurement to determine the sufficiency and compliance of supplier quotations.
Liaise with procurement and agree on the selection of supplier quotations to be used in the estimate.
Subcontracts
Liaise with procurement & bid team to determine appropriate selection of subcontractors to send enquires to.
Liase with procurement to determine sufficiency and compliance of subcontractor quotations.
Preparation of comparation sheet for subcontractors details additions/ deletions from quoted rates.
Liaise with procurement and bid manager and agree on the selection of the subcontractor to be used in the estimate.
Temporary Works
Liaise with Planner / Technical Services / Temporary Works Coordinator to agree extent and nature of temporary works.
Agree costs of temporary works with temporary works coordinator.
Staff
Agree staffing levels and procedure staff programme with Bid Manager and Operations Lead.
Use currently weekly staff rated to price staff.
Agree shift patterns and overtime rates with operations lead for out of normal hours working - note these need to comply with working time directive/ NR Fatigue guidance.
Preliminaries
Liaise with Planner to determine overall duration of preliminaries.
Coordinate and liase with Bid Manager to ensure all aspects of clients requirements included as neccasry (CCS/CEEQUAL etc).
Risk
Input with Bid Manager and tender risk manager into tender risk/ opportunity register.
Final Settlement and submission
Procedure top-sheet tender summary in current HOCHTIEF format and associated back up sheets.
Present Pricing build up at pre-settlement and settlement meetings.
Prepare adjustments sheets in coordination with Bid Manager to reflect settlement adjustments.
Prepare final pricing documentation for inclusion with tender submission – where possible ensuring pricing maintains a positive cash flow throughout the project.
Coordinate with Bid Manager for the production of the form of tender/ Contract Data Part 2 as required.
Liase with Bid Manager and address any post tender clarifications/amendments issued by the client.
Handover (for successful bids)
Prepare handover pricing document for issue to Project Manager and Commercial Manager.
Attend handover meeting with Bid Manager.
Review (for unsuccessful bids)
Coordinate with Bid Manager to review feedback on tender price (where provided) for future tenders.
Additional Duties
As agreed with Head of Bid Management.
Any other duties consistent with your status and seniority, as necessary to meet the needs of the Business of the Company.
Carry out duties for collaborative working in line with the client Procedure for Collaborative Working and the JRMP (Joint Relationship Management Plan).
Key Safety Responsibilities
Please see separate individual responsibilities for Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental (HSQE) matters attached.
You will have the following qualifications & experience:
Sound knowledge of civil engineering and construction techniques
Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation
Commercial awareness of different forms of contract
Sound knowledge of the HOCHTIEF governance and procedural requirements for work winning.
Detailed knowledge of estimating software packages
The setting for the role
The role will be site based. A safety induction will be provided.
Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.
We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.
Millbank operates as both an Employment Agency and an Employment Business.
Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.
We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.
Millbank operates as both an Employment Agency and an Employment Business