Estimator

Estimator – Water Projects

About the Role

We are recruiting for an experienced Estimator to support a growing utilities contractor

operating across the UK. The company delivers connection, and infrastructure works across

multiple utility sectors, including electricity, gas, and water, and is expanding its water division

with new projects and long-term frameworks.

The successful candidate will focus primarily on water projects, producing accurate and

commercially sound cost estimates for new connections and infrastructure works. Experience

in other utility disciplines (electricity, gas, or multi-utility) is an advantage but not essential.

This role offers a great opportunity for someone who wants to develop within a dynamic,

forward-thinking utilities environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed cost estimates for water connection and infrastructure projects,

including mains, services, ducting, and reinstatement.

• Analyse tender documents, undertake take-offs and prepare professionally presented

quotations.

• Work closely with design, delivery, procurement, and commercial teams to validate

assumptions and pricing.

• Build accurate labour, plant, material, and subcontract pricing for water-related

schemes.

• Contribute to tender submissions, commercial proposals, and bid reviews.

• Maintain and update the internal rate library, benchmarking and improving cost

accuracy.

• Track bid progress, monitor outcomes, and provide feedback to improve future

estimating performance.

• Ensure compliance with relevant utility adoption standards and client requirements.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in estimating water sector projects, ideally within utilities or

infrastructure.

• Strong understanding of waterworks: mains, service connections, reinstatement, and

excavation scopes.

• Confident in producing take-offs, preparing tenders and managing commercial inputs.

• Excellent IT skills, particularly Excel and estimating tools; strong numerical and

analytical ability.

• Clear communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional internal

teams.

• Strong commercial awareness, attention to detail and the

ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable Skills

• Exposure to electricity, gas or multi-utility estimating.

• Knowledge of ICP/NERS/GIRS/WIRS adoption standards.

• Understanding of civils works such as trenching, ducting, and reinstatement.

• Experience supporting junior estimators or helping develop internal pricing tools/rate

libraries.

What’s on Offer

• Opportunity to join a growing utilities contractor with a strong pipeline of water and

multi-utility work.

• Career development and progression within a hands-on commercial/estimating

environment.

• Competitive salary and benefits package (details can be added).

• Variety of projects across the UK, supporting critical utility infrastructure