Jacobs
Your Impact:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
About the opportunity:
The successful candidate will lead the development of multidiscipline construction estimates for the tendering of various projects within our field solutions line of business. Recognising the intended delivery strategy and pricing of self-delivery works or subcontract packages this role requires a varied range of estimating skills and techniques.
The Estimating Lead will be responsible for leading the estimating team for large and complex projects within the defence and nuclear sectors. The successful candidate will work closely with other teams such as the proposals manager, project management, engineering, and procurement teams to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of cost estimates. They will also liaise with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers to ensure that all relevant information is gathered to produce comprehensive and accurate cost estimates. Responsibilities include producing estimate plans, estimate basis documents, and complete benchmarking exercises as well as participating in the development and implementation of cost control measures.
Working within our Field Solutions business you'll be part of a large construction focused workforce tendering for and delivering complex and challenging construction projects throughout the nuclear and defence sectors, from inception to final delivery and client handover Jacobs Field Solutions offer a fantastic opportunity to engage with all life cycle phases of a project.
Responsibilities:
Here's What You'll Need:
Desirable Qualifications & Experience:
Our Culture:
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team .
Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.
Your Impact:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
About the opportunity:
The successful candidate will lead the development of multidiscipline construction estimates for the tendering of various projects within our field solutions line of business. Recognising the intended delivery strategy and pricing of self-delivery works or subcontract packages this role requires a varied range of estimating skills and techniques.
The Estimating Lead will be responsible for leading the estimating team for large and complex projects within the defence and nuclear sectors. The successful candidate will work closely with other teams such as the proposals manager, project management, engineering, and procurement teams to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of cost estimates. They will also liaise with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers to ensure that all relevant information is gathered to produce comprehensive and accurate cost estimates. Responsibilities include producing estimate plans, estimate basis documents, and complete benchmarking exercises as well as participating in the development and implementation of cost control measures.
Working within our Field Solutions business you'll be part of a large construction focused workforce tendering for and delivering complex and challenging construction projects throughout the nuclear and defence sectors, from inception to final delivery and client handover Jacobs Field Solutions offer a fantastic opportunity to engage with all life cycle phases of a project.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the estimating team for major projects whilst preparing and manage the cost estimating process for large and complex projects.
- Engage with third party services and our global integrated delivery teams.
- Work closely with the project management team to ensure that project requirements are met.
- Liaise with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers to gather relevant information to produce accurate cost estimates.
- Participate in tender analysis and risk reviews.
- Review and validate subcontractor and supplier quotes.
- Participate in the development and implementation of cost control measures.
- Manage and maintain cost databases and historical cost data.
Here's What You'll Need:
Desirable Qualifications & Experience:
- 10 years of experience in an estimating or related role, preferably in an industrial construction environment.
- Degree, diploma, or certificate in civil engineering or related discipline from an accredited post-secondary institution; technical training in project management, drafting and engineering design, trade certificates, and/or field experience are definite assets.
- Extensive knowledge and ability to use all MS Office packages, Especially Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Experience of working within Nuclear establishments & following Nuclear Professionalism Standards & Expectations.
- Knowledge of the legislative, regulatory, quality and environmental requirements relating to nuclear engineering projects.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead and manage a team and must hold or be able to obtain Security Clearance.
Our Culture:
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team .
Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.