Principal Estimator – Manufacturing - #1213979

Job Title: Principal Estimator

Location: Hillend. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 depending on experience and skills

What you’ll be doing:

• Will lead estimating support to Bid, Campaign or Projects teams, including the compilation of final costing and pricing, whilst playing a key role in the team, influencing key stakeholders and contributing to the overall business winning process. Build, influence and maintain relationships with key internal and external Stakeholders


• Creation and compilation of typically highly complex costing and pricing for bids.  Review all inputs and ensure these are in line with the scope of work and value for money. Support the final pricing of bids and project change, including the generation and analysis of uncertainty, risk and opportunity


• Ensure a suitable, properly documented, Basis of Estimate is provided for all estimates, including dependencies, assumptions, risk, exclusions and opportunities. Ensure delivery of estimates is in accordance with the requirements of the end-to-end process and Maritime Services estimating policy and process


• Support the drafting of the content of Commercial and Technical volumes for bids and change. Playing a key role in Customer price investigations and negotiations


• Deputise for Estimating Managers as required


• Lead and provide guidance and estimating expertise at Bid, Project and Commercial reviews and meetings


• Ensuring that Estimating Processes are understood and implemented throughout the wider organisation, leading to the creation of accurate and reliable estimating data

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience in an Estimating, Cost Engineering or Pricing discipline


• Strong communication and presentational skills


• Experience in managing your own workload and portfolio


• Knowledge and understanding of bid management


• Demonstrable skills in the use of Microsoft packages are essential


• Strong commercial and business acumen

Desirable

• Degree educated in a relevant subject


• Knowledge / practical use of the Pro Pricer toolset, industry tool


• Cost Engineering or similar accreditation


• Technical / Operational skillset

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Estimating team:

You will be a vital member of our team, reporting into the Estimating Manager. You will be involved in exciting projects in capabilities that are constantly evolving. Research and innovation are key with no one day ever being the same. This is a varied and interesting role with the scope to progress and develop within the BAE Systems organisation.

Your primary involvement will be to support the business through the creation of cost and price estimates, in relation to the management of existing contracts and the capture of new business, through the supply of critical data and analysis in support of key business decision making processes. Cost Estimating is unique in the breadth of experience and understanding it can offer people who choose to work in this exciting, critical business area.

Estimating work as part of the Business Winning Team and you will have close involvement with Business Development and Commercial during the preparation and submission of the Companies quotation process.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 8th July 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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