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Estimator (Sizewell C)

Job Category:  Construction
Contract Partner Company:  Civil Works Alliance (CWA)
Employing Company:  Bouygues / Laing O'Rouke / Balfour Beatty

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I am excited to present an opportunity for an Estimator to join the Civil Works Alliance (CWA) team. As part of our mission, we are dedicated to building Sizewell C, a groundbreaking 3.2-gigawatt power station that will provide low-carbon electricity to approximately 6 million homes. This project is critical to the future of our energy supply and will deliver reliable, clean electricity for at least 60 years.


Position: Estimator

Location: London - St Martins Court/Remote working
Line Manager: Lead Estimator
Function: TOC - Estimating


In this role, you will work closely with the Lead Estimator and the Head of Estimating to maintain consistency in our estimating approach. Your contributions will include producing detailed estimating documentation, mentoring junior team members, and managing key stakeholders to develop accurate estimates for the project.


Key Responsibilities:

 

  • Preparing accurate costing sheets for materials, labour, and equipment based on SZC's drawings and specifications.
  • Evaluating design options and proposing value solutions.
  • Supporting the team by mentoring and guiding junior members.
  • Identifying and recording assumptions, risks, and opportunities from a budgetary perspective.
  • Collaborating with project teams and the supply chain to refine methodologies.
  • Developing labour, plant material, and subcontract pricing using the Alliance's Estimating Software Candy.
  • Creating and verifying bills of quantities using Cost X software.
  • Supporting the tracking of changes to estimates and budgets as project inputs evolve.


Essential Skills & Experience:

 

  • Proficiency in Excel and similar software.
  • Excellent client-facing and communication skills.
  • Background in infrastructure main contracting within the civil engineering market.


Desirable Skills & Experience:

 

  • Experience with Candy Estimating Software and RIB Cost X Quantification & Estimating Software.
  • Familiarity with AACE principles of Estimating Class and associated maturity.
  • Chartered status from recognized industry bodies (e.g., ICE, CICES, RICS, CIOB).


Key Competencies:

 

  • Humility: Embraces diverse cultures and experiences, open to different viewpoints.
  • Positivity: Challenges poor quality and performance, encourages innovation.
  • Respect: Values operational rules and environments, provides and receives respectful feedback.
  • Solidarity: Works as a cohesive team, empowers colleagues, shares responsibility.
  • Clarity: Communicates clearly, promotes collaboration, drives simplification.


This is a fantastic chance to be part of a project that will have a lasting impact on the UK's energy future while working with a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
If you are ready to take on this exciting challenge and contribute to a key infrastructure project, we want to hear from you. Click the link below to apply!

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The SZC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project. #SZCJobs

I am excited to present an opportunity for an Estimator to join the Civil Works Alliance (CWA) team. As part of our mission, we are dedicated to building Sizewell C, a groundbreaking 3.2-gigawatt power station that will provide low-carbon electricity to approximately 6 million homes. This project is critical to the future of our energy supply and will deliver reliable, clean electricity for at least 60 years.


Position: Estimator

Location: London - St Martins Court/Remote working
Line Manager: Lead Estimator
Function: TOC - Estimating


In this role, you will work closely with the Lead Estimator and the Head of Estimating to maintain consistency in our estimating approach. Your contributions will include producing detailed estimating documentation, mentoring junior team members, and managing key stakeholders to develop accurate estimates for the project.


Key Responsibilities:

 

  • Preparing accurate costing sheets for materials, labour, and equipment based on SZC's drawings and specifications.
  • Evaluating design options and proposing value solutions.
  • Supporting the team by mentoring and guiding junior members.
  • Identifying and recording assumptions, risks, and opportunities from a budgetary perspective.
  • Collaborating with project teams and the supply chain to refine methodologies.
  • Developing labour, plant material, and subcontract pricing using the Alliance's Estimating Software Candy.
  • Creating and verifying bills of quantities using Cost X software.
  • Supporting the tracking of changes to estimates and budgets as project inputs evolve.


Essential Skills & Experience:

 

  • Proficiency in Excel and similar software.
  • Excellent client-facing and communication skills.
  • Background in infrastructure main contracting within the civil engineering market.


Desirable Skills & Experience:

 

  • Experience with Candy Estimating Software and RIB Cost X Quantification & Estimating Software.
  • Familiarity with AACE principles of Estimating Class and associated maturity.
  • Chartered status from recognized industry bodies (e.g., ICE, CICES, RICS, CIOB).


Key Competencies:

 

  • Humility: Embraces diverse cultures and experiences, open to different viewpoints.
  • Positivity: Challenges poor quality and performance, encourages innovation.
  • Respect: Values operational rules and environments, provides and receives respectful feedback.
  • Solidarity: Works as a cohesive team, empowers colleagues, shares responsibility.
  • Clarity: Communicates clearly, promotes collaboration, drives simplification.


This is a fantastic chance to be part of a project that will have a lasting impact on the UK's energy future while working with a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
If you are ready to take on this exciting challenge and contribute to a key infrastructure project, we want to hear from you. Click the link below to apply!

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.

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