Job Description:

SENIOR ESTIMATOR – DATA CENTRE CONSTRUCTION
ST ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE | PERMANENT | HYBRID
£90,000 BASIC + NEGOTIABLE BENEFITS AND OVERALL PACKAGE

DATA-CENTRE CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE IS ESSENTIAL
  This vacancy is strictly for construction estimators who have personally worked on actual data-centre construction projects. Direct project-level estimating or tender pricing experience must be demonstrable.

THE OPPORTUNITY
  An established UK main contractor is seeking an experienced Senior Estimator to support major data-centre construction projects. This is a senior, hands-on pre-construction appointment with responsibility for developing accurate, competitive and commercially robust tenders.
 
 Working across complex, multidisciplinary construction schemes, you will combine first-principles estimating with subcontractor engagement, cost planning, risk assessment and tender strategy.
The successful candidate will understand how civil, structural and architectural construction packages interface with mechanical and electrical systems on data-centre projects.

WHAT YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
• Lead preparation of competitive tenders for major data-centre construction projects.
• Produce first-principles estimates, detailed cost plans and accurate pricing submissions.
• Interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules and tender documentation.
• Undertake quantity take-offs and develop robust elemental and trade-package estimates.
• Coordinate pricing for civil, structural, architectural and associated construction packages.
• Understand MEP interfaces and ensure relevant specialist quotations and scope dependencies are captured.
• Manage subcontractor and supplier enquiries, pricing returns and bid comparisons.
• Identify exclusions, scope gaps, construction risks, opportunities and value-engineering options.
• Support pre-construction planning, methodology reviews, programme assumptions and tender adjudications.
• Prepare commercial handover information for project delivery teams following successful tenders.

MANDATORY EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS
• MANDATORY: Personally worked on actual data-centre construction projects, with demonstrable estimating or tender responsibilities.
• Substantial experience as a Senior Estimator or experienced construction Estimator.
• Proven tender ownership within a UK main-contractor or comparable construction-delivery environment.
• Strong first-principles estimating, construction measurement and cost-planning skills.
• Practical knowledge of CSA packages including groundworks, structural frames, architectural works and construction interfaces.
• Ability to coordinate multi-trade pricing, including specialist MEP quotations and design interfaces.
• Confident commercial judgement, subcontractor engagement, risk assessment and tender presentation skills.
• Ability to work from St Albans under an agreed hybrid arrangement.

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE
• Experience estimating hyperscale, colocation or other mission-critical data-centre developments.
• Data-centre tender involvement from early design and pre-construction to project award.
• Knowledge of procurement strategies, design-and-build contracts and construction risk.
• Advanced estimating, measurement and cost-analysis software experience.
• Experience supporting large, complex, multidisciplinary construction bids.

THE PACKAGE
• £90,000 confirmed annual basic salary.
• Additional benefits and overall package negotiable according to the successful candidate's experience.
• Hybrid working flexibility, with the precise attendance arrangement agreed during recruitment.
• Exposure to major data-centre and technically complex construction projects.
• Permanent senior appointment with an established UK construction contractor.

IMPORTANT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
 Actual data-centre construction project background is mandatory. General estimating experience on commercial, residential or industrial schemes alone is not sufficient. Candidates must be able to identify the data-centre projects they worked on and explain their personal estimating responsibilities.

APPLY NOW
 Apply with your CV and, ideally, brief details of the data-centre construction tenders you have personally priced.
BuildSpace UK is managing this confidential appointment. Further project information and the negotiable benefits package will be discussed with suitably experienced candidates.