Assistant Estimator

Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for an Assistant Estimator to be engaged on a permanent basis. Candidates will ideally be based in Suffolk and hybrid working will be supported.

Key responsibilities will be:

• Estimators are accountable to the Project Controls Lead, Portfolio Manager and/or Operations Manager and are responsible to assist in the strategic objectives, initiatives, and development of the group. The Assistant Estimator will support the preparation and underpinning of cost estimates to the level of accuracy required, considering constraints of budget, time, scope definition and uncertainties in accordance with the Programme Office and Estimating Procedures
• Perform reviews of existing estimates to monitor compliance with standards and procedures and make any necessary recommendations for improvement. In this role you will report to the client Site Lead, but be accountable for project delivery directly to the client
• Good communication and organisational skills are a must with the ability to develop relationships and maintain effective networks and be results-focused tempered with a team-centred approach.

Qualifications

• Minimum of HNC/HND ideally in an Engineering discipline or relevant experience and MACostE is desirable
• You will have an understanding of how to support the development of an estimate strategy through a gated project process, including estimates for investment strategy and feasibility studies through a project gated process
• Assist in development of and use of Project Control Structures (CBS, OBS, WBS etc.)
• Ability to work with the project planner to ensure alignment between estimate and Project Plan
• Collate and analyse historical cost data for bench-marking purposes and to inform the project cost estimate at each phase of the project
• Have been involved in reviews to validate estimates from internal and external sources
• Participate in the Project Risk Management process and when required, prepare/assist the production of Project Risk Logs for input to the estimates
• Ability to support estimate uncertainty and event risk analysis and modelling to provide provision for uncertainty (contingency) recommendations
• Provide input to the tender review process, including claim evaluations and valuations of significant changes
• Assist in the development and maintenance of standards and procedures owned by the Estimating & Risk Group and provide support to other Programme Office standards and procedures
• Contribute to the drafting and updating of Project Documents (PDD, IRM papers etc.) to ensure that they contain the relevant estimate data for controlling the project schedule, costs, and variances etc
• Ability to communicate well at all levels of management and can produce monthly reports, to an agreed reporting cycle, through the provision of intelligent information and analysis.

For more information on this role or to register your interest for future job updates, please visit (url removed)

Why We're Different: Westlakes Recruit are a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients' mission critical objectives.

Smarter, faster, more agile - we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge.

We develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them! We do Nuclear. We only do Nuclear. We do all of Nuclear.

Powering a Diverse Nuclear Future: As an equal opportunities business, we value applications