Southampton
Estimator (specialist projects) | £75,000 + package | UK-Wide, Remote | Contractor Some estimators work on straightforward builds. You won’t be one of them. This role sits at the sharp end of the industry - the places where complexity lives: major demolition, asbestos removal, deconstruction, remediation, earthworks, and transforming brownfield sites into something cleaner, safer, and ready for the future. We’re recruiting for a national contractor with a serious reputation for tackling the jobs others shy away from. As their new Estimator, you’ll be at the crux of bids for high-risk, technically demanding projects: former gasworks, industrial plants, pharma facilities, and major regeneration schemes. It’s a remote role, giving you the freedom to be based anywhere in the UK - but you will travel to sites when needed to build a true understanding of the risks, methodologies and delivery challenges that define this specialist sector. What you’ll be doing • Building detailed, accurate tenders across demolition, remediation, earthworks, deconstruction and asbestos removal, • Working closely with engineering, commercial and operations teams to understand methodologies, • Visiting sites nationally to assess scope, constraints and risk, • Preparing cost plans, mitigation strategies and tender submissions, • Helping the business win work that genuinely changes landscapes What you’ll bring • Proven estimating experience in demolition, remediation, deconstruction, industrial sites, or heavy civils, • Strong commercial judgement and the ability to price complex, high-risk works, • A technical, detail-driven mindset, • Confidence collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams, • Willingness to travel as projects require If you want to work on projects that shape entire communities - not just buildings -and you thrive on the kind of complexity that tests your skillset, this is worth a conversation.