Senior Estimating Manager

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

Provides commercial support in the preparation of accurate and auditable detailed estimates and cost plans. Identifying the nett cost of construction, estimating the cost of key elements such including staffing and preliminaries.

You'll be responsible for:

• Co-ordinating and working in collaboration with Project peers and leaders.
• Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition, and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.
• Providing senior management and stakeholders with estimating analysis insight, modelling scenarios solutions and options, leveraging commercial knowledge.
• Analysing quotations as part of the compilation of the estimate.
• Presenting the estimate work to key stakeholders demonstrating a full knowledge and understanding of the project.
• Co-ordinating and working in collaboration with Senior Leadership Team (SLT).
• Presenting complex estimating and risk modelling data to stakeholders, interpreting and providing recommendations for both a technical and non-technical audience.
• Overseeing the quality assurance of estimates within the project ensuring they are fit for purpose.
• Managing benchmarking exercises to test the estimate.
• Coordinating measurement exercises, including preparation of schedules of quantities.
• Accountable for compiling team and preliminaries schedules and collaborating with internal and external teams as and when required.
• Leading a team preparing estimates and cost planning for a portfolio and/or projects, adhering to estimating procedures.

You'll need to have:

• Knowledge and understanding the cost of construction.
• Understanding and knowledge of construction costs.
• Proficient in the measurement of building quantities.
• Understands the design process and outputs.
• Knowledge of the tender process and the traditional stages.
• An understanding and appreciation of profit and overhead including risk & opportunity management.
• Understanding & Knowledge of the sector.
• Expertise in Pure Estimating.
• Understanding and expertise of the Procurement market including Public Frameworks.
• Manages and influences key/senior stakeholders.
• Works proactively within bid teams.
• Coordinates and acts as an interface with functional peers.
• Develops and maintains a series of internal and external stakeholder/colleague relationships.
• Maintains and manages client/stakeholder at business/project level.
• Coordinates and liaises with Clients & Key Stakeholders
• Ability to liaise with and influence leadership roles.
• Ability to work independently and to tight timescales to achieve key performance indicators (KPIs) and strategic outcomes.
• Directs, coordinates and manages others within portfolio area.

You'll also have:

• Understanding of construction contracts, respective arrangements & measurement rules.
• Advanced excel expertise, Estimating tools and Building Information Modelling (measurement).
• Understanding of Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) & Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Development of cost models including (amongst others) indirect costs and prelims.
• Understands the design process.
• Understanding principals of cash flow.
• Familiar with Sector Method of Measurement.
• Champions the use of new technology.
• Experience of planning and organising work in area.
• Adapts and responds to change and/or organisational requirements.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.