Principal Estimator

Job Title:                Principal Estimator
Location:               Warrington or Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:     Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:             Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                 SF62504

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Estimator at our Warrington or Bristol sites.

The role

As a Principal Estimator, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be combining an inquisitive approach and your analytical skills to look for opportunities to drive continuous improvement and transformation within the wider function.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead a team of developing Estimators and manage their outputs to contribute to wider project deliverables in a dynamic environment.

• Planning, monitoring and managing projects, programmes and portfolios from initiation through to completion. 
• Responsible for generating the cost and other resources needed to complete a project within a defied scope, considering all activities and elements required for a project and calculating a total amount to determine project’s budget.
• Compile estimates by assessing the materials, labour and equipment that will be required based on a variety of historical and current information sources. 
• Generate structured forecast, or estimate, with a record or the inputs, assumptions, and exclusions to enable a clear and measurable record.

Please note that this position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.

This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements and can be based at one of our sites including Warrington, Bristol, Leicester.  

Essential experience of the Principal Estimator

• Demonstrable experience working on large and complex projects / programmes, preferably within highly regulated industries such as nuclear, defence, construction, engineering. 
• In-depth leadership experience, with prior experience of leading a team.
• Working knowledge of Work Measurement, Cost Estimating, Cost and Data Analysis, Cost modelling and Assurance
• Proven strong people skills and experience in stakeholder management within situations of competing priorities. 
• Excellent numerate and written communication and strong computer literacy within standard tools (e.g. MS Office Suite & Estimating specific software)

Qualifications for the Principal Estimator

• Chartered or Professional Membership, such as APM, RICS, ACostE / Controls and Skills Authority (CaSA)

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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