Lead / Senior Estimators – Rail

Are you looking for a new challenge in Estimating / Cost Planning? Owing to continued demand and our ambitious plans for growth, Turner & Townsend are looking to recruit Lead/Senior Estimators with proven experience in the Rail sector. You will be making the difference for our clients by supporting them as an embedded resource within their organizations and supporting the wider Turner & Townsend Estimating Hub. Our team deliver a wide range of Estimating and Commercial Intelligence outputs for our clients, to support their decision making, including: - Estimate / cost plan production (from order of magnitude estimates through to detailed estimates built up from first principles); - Estimating / cost planning assurance; - Estimating / cost planning support to major programme set up; - Data analysis and benchmarking. As an Estimator at Turner & Townsend you will be responsible for: - Production of accurate and comprehensive estimates and cost plans for projects in a timely and efficient manner; - Control and management of the estimating / cost planning process at project level; - Production of estimates / cost plans without management or supervision; - Assist with the gathering and sharing of estimating / cost planning data - Supporting development and promotion of estimating / cost planning good practice within Turner & Townsend; - Assisting in the achievement of departmental objectives; - Staying abreast of developments within own technical area of expertise to be able to give best practice advice in line with business objectives. - Qualified to high standard in cost planning, estimating or quantity surveying with proven relevant experience; - Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status or working towards; - Detailed knowledge of cost planning, estimating, process and techniques; - Relevant successful experience of provision of estimating and/or QS services in a large project environment; - Previous experience of working with estimating software packages.