Senior Cost Consultant (Senior Estimators & Cost Planners)
- Location: Multiple Locations (Manchester, London, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol)
- Permanent
- Full-time with flexible working and core hours
Gleeds is a leading global property and construction consultancy. Independent since 1875, we are proud to deliver award-winning projects worldwide. We are an accredited Great Place to Work employer, with our people at the heart of everything we do. Gleeds is one of the first global firms to specialise in cost management and assurance services.
We are looking for highly motivated Cost Consultant (Estimators & Cost Planners) with proven experience in the infrastructure sector (Rail, Highways, Aviation, Utilities, Water, Power and general Civils). Our team supports some of the UK’s most complex and high-profile infrastructure programmes across Rail, Aviation, Water, Utilities, Power, Highways and General civils helping clients develop robust business cases, make informed investment decisions, and safeguard commercial outcomes. Estimating sits at the heart of infrastructure decision-making. Our team specialises in developing high-quality estimates and cost intelligence across the full project lifecycle from early strategic business case estimates through to detailed delivery phase cost plans and independent assurance.
Our work combines industry best practice estimating methodologies, structured benchmarking, digital cost intelligence, and rigorous assurance to provide clients with confidence in their investment decisions.
We offer a wide range of estimating services, including:
- Estimate and cost plan production across all levels of maturity
- Independent estimate assurance and challenge
- Benchmarking and cost intelligence development
- Major programme and estimating framework setup
This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop specialist estimating expertise within a highly regarded and collaborative team.
Your day-to-day responsibilities may include:
- Leading the production of estimates and cost plans across multiple stages of project maturity, from early business case through to detailed delivery phase estimates
- Taking ownership of estimate structure, methodology, assumptions, and presentation
- Taking responsibility for the technical quality and completeness of estimate deliverables
- Supporting the planning and delivery of estimating commissions to meet client and programme requirements
- Leading estimate reviews and providing technical challenge to ensure robustness and completeness
- Developing estimate assumptions, exclusions, risk allowances, and Basis of Estimate documentation
- Coordinating inputs from multi-disciplinary teams, including design, engineering, and commercial stakeholders
- Supporting benchmarking and the development and application of cost intelligence
- Analysing and interpreting cost data to identify key cost drivers, risks, and opportunities
- Supporting client understanding of estimate outputs, including explaining cost drivers, risks, and areas of uncertainty
- Mentoring and supporting the development of junior estimators
- Supporting the continuous improvement of estimating processes, tools, and data