Estimating Manager

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Jacobs Nuclear is the Design and Engineering partner for Sellafield under the PPP (Programme and Project Partners). This is a 20-year arrangement to deliver £7bn of major projects.

We are looking to recruit high value expertise from across regulated and comparable sectors to work in a collaborative environment. PPP is delivering major projects, site wide improvements and provision of supporting services.

Jacobs Nuclear provides the front-end design and engineering capability across the PPP portfolio. Being part of the PPP Team offers a unique opportunity to drive change and innovation in engineering, safety and delivery solutions in one of the most complex industrial sites in the UK if not the world. We are looking for people who are passionate about developing themselves and in meeting new challenges.

As a result of increasing demand for our services, there are significant opportunities for you to support a key project within the nuclear business.
The role will appeal to individuals who are seeking an opportunity to lead the Engineering and Design of a major UK organisation through a truly transformational period in its history, making it, and the strategic assets for which it is accountable and responsible, fit for our generation, and those of the future.

We are currently looking for an Improvements Lead Estimator position to join the team in Birchwood, with experience in the nuclear (or another regulated) industry.
The role will be to support projects across the PPP portfolio in terms of bottom up estimating and ownership of the Robust Estimating process within Engineering

Here’s What You’ll Need:

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• The role reports for line management in Jacobs to the PPP Improvements Manager
• Within PPP the role interfaces with the Programme Estimating lead team and other Partners within PPP. The role has a strong functional link to the Communities of Practice (CoP) Lead for Estimating within Jacobs ES&T business.
• Interfaces and stakeholder management will be needed across the PPP lot partners and Client organisation.

Responsibility for:

• Ownership and updates to the Robust Estimating process and associated templates within Engineering to develop bottom-up estimates
• Training and support to the projects, including working with them to determine their specific individual needs
• Support to PPP Programme Estimating Lead (and others as required) to support requirement to develop programme wide top-down estimates
• Working closely with the Jacobs ES&T Estimating team to align on best practice and two-way sharing of learning
• Providing guidance to other member of the project team on estimating methodologies.
• Identify when required and actively provide support to fellow team members
• Ensuring the accuracy, extent and timing of own work plus complying with the PPP assurance procedures
• Support to attending internal meetings to establish man-hour allocations, programme requirements and the extent of bought out equipment and services, as requested
• Ensuring maximum accuracy of engineering estimates by liaising with Engineers and Risk Practitioners on all engineering estimates
• Instigation of LFE activities
• Proactive identification and implementation of Improvement opportunities
• Perform any other duties within your capability as directed by the Improvements Manager

Skills/Qualifications

• Significant Estimating role experience within multi-million pound projects
• Knowledge of Industry practices, preferably Nuclear industry
• Intermediate to Expert Excel skills, with the ability to manipulate large data sets
• A knowledge using ITwo would also be preferred, but is not essential
• Attention to detail and good numerical skills
• Risk identification and management skills
• Excellent communication abilities, both written and spoken.
• Experience in collaborative business relationships
• Ability to show flexibility of approach in dealing with team colleagues and stakeholders
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Bachelor’s degree an advantage, but not essential
• A QCF qualification in Project Controls is an advantage, but not essential

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