Senior Project Estimator - West Midlands

Refurbishment - Leisure, Education & Hotels

This is a key hire within the commercial function, offering the opportunity to work across a varied national portfolio of refurbishment projects within the leisure, education, and hotel sectors. Rather than being tied to a single framework or programme, you will support projects from early engagement through tender submission and handover to delivery teams.

You will work closely with Bid, Commercial, and Operational teams to produce robust, competitive, and commercially sound pricing, supported by a flexible hybrid working model and a collaborative, inclusive business culture.

As a Project Estimator, you will be responsible for:

• Producing accurate and competitive pricing for refurbishment projects across leisure, education, and hotel sectors

• Preparing, issuing, and analysing supplier and subcontractor enquiries

• Measuring and producing quantities for refurbishment and building works

• Pricing projects from first principles, including labour, plant, materials, preliminaries, and overheads

• Preparing detailed cost plans, tender breakdowns, and supporting documentation

• Supporting and leading value engineering exercises to align proposals with client budgets

• Working closely with delivery teams to understand buildability, sequencing, risks, and constraints

• Liaising with clients, consultants, and supply chain partners to fully understand scope and requirements

• Identifying and managing commercial, technical, and operational risks at tender stage

• Attending tender reviews, internal meetings, and client discussions as required

• Supporting smooth handover from pre-construction to live delivery teams

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Proven experience as an Estimator or Project Estimator within a refurbishment-led contractor environment

• Experience pricing refurbishment projects in leisure, education, hotels, or similar occupied sectors

• Strong capability in first-principles estimating and cost planning

• Ability to manage multiple tenders and pre-construction projects simultaneously

• Excellent communication skills and strong attention to detail

• Confidence working collaboratively with site and commercial teams

• Experience using estimating software such as Causeway (advantageous but not essential)

• Good working knowledge of SMM7 or NRM measurement methods

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience

• Flexible benefits package

Applications

If you feel that you have the relevant experience to be successful in this position and would like to find out more please apply online today attaching a copy of your current CV. Alternatively contact us on (phone number removed).

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