Lead Estimator

This is a remote position.

Position Title: Lead Estimator
Work Set-up: Work from Home
Schedule: 3:00 PM – 12:00 AM PHT | UK Holidays
Salary: PHP 85,000 to PHP 100,000

About the Client
Our client is a leading specialist in structural repair, renovation, and strengthening of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. With over 35 years of experience, they deliver end-to-end solutions—from advanced structural assessments to repair and remediation—ensuring safety, performance, and long-term durability. Known for their innovative, technology-driven approach and high-quality service, they are a trusted partner for clients across the UK.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead the estimating function, taking ownership of tendering activities from initial enquiry through to successful contract award.
• Identify, pursue, and secure new business opportunities in line with company growth objectives and commercial strategy.
• Work closely with directors and senior management to provide commercial insight, pricing advice, and bid strategy recommendations.
• Monitor planning portals, frameworks, and procurement platforms to identify suitable tender opportunities.
• Review tender, contract, and pre-construction documentation to assess scope, risk, compliance, and commercial viability.
• Lead the preparation and submission of PQQs, SQs, capability statements, and tender returns to a high professional standard.
• Manage the full tender process, ensuring all submissions are accurate, competitive, compliant, and delivered within deadlines.
• Prepare detailed quantity take-offs, cost plans, and robust estimates for structural repair, refurbishment, and associated works.
• Build rates from first principles, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractor input, preliminaries, and risk allowances.
• Issue and manage subcontractor and supplier enquiries, analyse quotations, and secure best-value procurement solutions.
• Develop scopes of works, technical proposals, value engineering options, and detailed contractor submissions.
• Lead bid adjudication reviews, presenting key assumptions, exclusions, risks, and recommendations to senior management prior to submission.
• Attend client meetings to discuss project requirements, clarify scope, explain proposals, and strengthen client relationships.
• Facilitate coordination meetings with operational and delivery teams to review live and tender-stage projects, monitor budgets, and align commercial objectives.
• Liaise with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams throughout the pre-construction, bidding, and handover stages.
• Review drawings, specifications, and contract conditions to identify cost risks, opportunities, and programme implications.
• Oversee project handover to delivery teams, ensuring all commercial, technical, and contractual information is clearly communicated.
• Review profit analysis reports, tender outcomes, and project feedback to improve estimating accuracy, cost planning, and margin performance.
• Produce cost comparisons, benchmarking data, budget forecasts, and commercial reports to support decision-making.
• Maintain and improve supplier, subcontractor, and pricing databases to support efficient and competitive estimating.
• Drive continuous improvement in estimating systems, bid processes, templates, and reporting standards.
• Manage, mentor, and support junior estimators, allocating workload and maintaining high standards of accuracy, quality, and performance across the team.
• Promote commercial awareness, best practice, and a high-performance culture within the estimating and pre-construction function.

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field (RICS accreditation is advantageous but not essential).
• At least 10 years of proven experience in a similar estimating role.
• Strong tendering experience, with the ability to manage the full bid lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing and submitting PQQs and tender documents.
• Strong bid writing experience, ideally within the UK construction market; candidates with relevant US or Australian market experience will also be considered.
• Good working knowledge of construction contracts within the Building and Civil Engineering sectors.
• Experience in supervising or mentoring junior estimators
• Strong analytical, commercial, and financial acumen.
• Excellent organisational, time management, and communication skills.
• A proactive and detail-oriented, capable of managing multiple tenders simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft office, AutoCAD, build exact or price a job or similar
• Positive attitude with a strong team player mindset.
• Ability to align with and contribute to the company’s culture and values.

Your love for Boomering will jump-start with these meaningful engagement activities and perks. Using the concepts and tools of EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System), Boomering provides a fun, rewarding, and stimulating environment where work-life balance meets a commitment to foster growth.
• Genuinely caring Leadership Team
• Competitive salary package
• Company-provided full set-up for desktop/laptop with a back-up internet
• HMO on the first day of hire
• 15 Vacation Leaves and 5 Sick Leaves
• Annual Performance Reviews
• Unlimited Employee Referral Incentives
• Employee Loan Facilities
• Social Clubs and Interest Workshops
• Company events where you get a chance to win amazing prizes and be rewarded for your outstanding performance.
• Statutory Benefits: Maternity, Paternity, and Solo Parent Leaves, Magna Carta for Women, and Premium Pays

About Boomering:

Boomering is an ISO-certified, leading BPO company in Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga.
Our mission to Enrich Client and Staff Lives through Simple and Smart Offshoring Solutions and our S.T.E.P. Core Values (Service, Transparency, Excellence and Partnership) are the framers of our continuing success.
Providing equal opportunities and a collaborative culture of excellence, Boomering is not just your average BPO. We are here to make a difference.
Future-proof your career and pursue your passion with Boomering! We want career thrill-seekers who are committed to growth as much as we are.
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