Senior Cost Engineer - Work Winning

Join our Work Winning team in London as a Senior Cost Engineer with a focus on electrical services. You'll play a key role in developing accurate and competitive estimates for MEP projects, from pre-tender to post-tender stage, working closely with Bid and Cost Management teams. Your electrical expertise and commercial awareness will help shape pricing strategies and identify cost-effective alternatives to give us a competitive edge.

Supporting junior team members, you'll also mentor and share your knowledge to help develop capability within the wider team. If you're an experienced Electrical Cost Engineer or Estimator with strong understanding of building services and enjoy being involved in winning work, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Details

• Location: London
• Contract: Permanent
• Pay: Competitive salary + Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits
• Start Date: ASAP

The Work

• Prepare accurate and competitive estimates for MEP projects, focusing on electrical services
• Produce detailed take-offs and measures from drawings and specifications
• Price labour, materials, subcontractors, and plant using current market information
• Develop bid and pricing strategies, and identify opportunities to strengthen our commercial position
• Challenge solutions and identify alternative, cost-effective approaches
• Assess and adjudicate supplier and subcontractor quotations
• Work with internal and external stakeholders throughout the tender process
• Support and mentor junior members of the Cost Engineering team
• Provide an effective handover of tender information to the project delivery team following contract award

What You Need

• Strong electrical estimating / cost engineering experience within MEP or building services
• Ability to interpret drawings and specifications and produce accurate take-offs and measures
• Experience pricing electrical labour, materials, subcontractors, and plant
• Good understanding of the tender and work-winning process
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify risk, opportunity, and alternative solutions
• Ability to assess and challenge supplier and subcontractor quotations
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to support, mentor, and share knowledge with more junior members of the team

What's On Offer

• Car/Car allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays with an option to buy/sell additional days
• Pension with up to 8% employer contribution
• Personal wellbeing and volunteer days
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Free 24/7 365 employee assistance program
• Flexible benefits including dental insurance, gym membership, and tax-free bikes

About Us

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK, proud of our history of developing great people through investment in training. Working across various sectors in the building and infrastructure industry, we offer innovative, responsible, and forward-thinking solutions using the latest tools and technologies. We value progression and provide a clearly defined development path with regular reviews, training, and ongoing support.

Next Steps: We're committed to outlining the recruitment process ahead of time and providing accommodations for applicants. If you require any adjustments, please let us know.

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