Job No. BBUK13087
Senior Estimator - Basingstoke
Living Places
Work Winning
Basingstoke
Permanent
About the role
Job Title: Senior Estimator
Location: Basingstoke
Company: Balfour Beatty Living Places
About Us:
Shape the future of UK highways with Balfour Beatty Living Places
At Balfour Beatty Living Places, we design, build, and maintain essential infrastructure that keeps communities moving. We’ve got an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Estimator to join our Work Winning Team in Basingstoke – helping us secure and deliver innovative, sustainable highway solutions for our local authority partners.
Why join us?
This isn’t just estimating – it’s your chance to influence the future of our projects from the very start. You’ll be a key player in developing competitive, accurate tenders that win work, shape delivery strategies, and help us create lasting value for our clients and communities.
We’ll provide the platform, support, and tools you need to lead on pricing strategies, mentor estimators, and bring your commercial insight to the forefront.
What you'll be doing
Role Details
- Leading elements of the bid process, producing competitive and accurate tenders.
- Developing innovative solutions and value-added proposals that give us the winning edge.
- Reviewing drawings, specifications, and subcontractor input to produce precise costing sheets.
- Working closely with operational, commercial, procurement, and technical teams to align pricing with delivery strategies.
- Mentoring and supporting estimators in the team.
- Using the latest digital tools and processes to improve accuracy, efficiency, and consistency.
Who we're looking for
What You’ll Bring
- Proven experience managing the estimating process within the construction/highways industry.
- Strong knowledge of pricing and quantification methods.
- Skilled in MS Office and estimating software.
- A collaborative leader who thrives under time pressure and enjoys solving problems.
- Professional membership (RICS/CIOB/ICE/CIBSE) is desirable, but not essential.
What you’ll get in return
- Competitive salary & benefits package.
- Company pension scheme.
- Flexible, hybrid working.
- Opportunities for professional development & progression.
- The chance to make a tangible difference to UK infrastructure and communities.
If you’re ready to take the lead on high-impact bids and help us deliver excellence on the UK’s roads, we’d love to hear from you.
Professional and personal development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.
We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.
70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.
For further information about Balfour Beatty Regional Scotland please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers/Scotland - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com