New Build Estimating Manager

Leicester, Leicestershire
Eileen Richards Recruitment

New Build Estimating Manager
Leicester – office based
Competitive Salary

• Are you ready to be a part of a high-performing team and shape the commercial success of major new build projects?
• Do you love working with numbers, spotting trends, and turning data into smart, commercially-driven decisions?
• Do you thrive in a business that values initiative, collaboration, and the freedom to make a real impact?

The Company:
ER Recruitment are working exclusively with a growing organisation on this dynamic and fast-paced opportunity as a New Build Estimating Manager. This role is central to the commercial function, managing the end-to-end tendering process for new build projects and ensuring accurate, competitive, and timely cost submissions.

Role & Responsibilities of the New Build Estimating Manager:

• Tender Management: Oversee the entire estimating process from initial enquiry to submission, ensuring accuracy and competitiveness.
• Client Engagement: Liaise regularly with clients to understand tender progress, market competition, and negotiate effectively to secure contracts.
• Cross-Department Collaboration: Work closely with sales, projects, and technical teams to align estimates with operational delivery.
• Strategic Input: Contribute to sales strategy and support decision-making with market and competitor insights.
• Performance Monitoring: Track KPIs such as bid success rate, turnaround time, and estimate accuracy.
• Data & Process Management: Maintain updated estimating tools, databases, and ensure compliance with industry regulations and company policies.
• Stakeholder Communication: Present cost plans to internal teams and clients; provide analysis and forecasts to senior management.

About You as the New Build Estimating Manager:

• An experienced professional with strong estimating and leadership credentials, from a fenestration background.
• Commercially minded, detail-oriented, and confident working with architectural plans, cost models, and clients.
• Proven success in an estimating role.
• Solid understanding of building regulations (e.g., Parts F, L, M, O).
• Proficiency with estimating software and construction industry standards.
• Strong leadership and people management abilities.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive, strategic approach with the ability to manage risks and deliver results.

Please note by applying for this role you give consent for ER Recruitment to retain your CV for up to 24 months for the purposes of assisting you to find your next role unless you notify us otherwise.

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