Job Description

General information

City/town:

London

Job field:

Construction

External closing date:

Friday, January 16, 2026

Type of contract:

Permanent

ID:

5812

Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.



We are looking for a Senior Electrical Estimator to join our Building Services team around Leavesden, London and Remotely as needed.

What you'll do:

Work primarily to establish the prime cost of the works for a project during the tender period. Provide financial input for all programme, VE, temporary works and other associated issues and compile estimates to ensure tenders are accurate. Ensure compliance with the company's business authorisation levels and controls including all quality, health, safety, and environmental procedures. Ensure bid project reporting is carried out to the Company's requirements and standards i.e. tender bid analysis. Liaise with the client, as lead in some cases, ensuring customer satisfaction during bid project, financial close and mobilisation phases as appropriate. Assist the bid team in any post tender negotiations.

What you'll bring to the role:

Demonstrable experience of estimating medium/large size Building Services within private and public sector projects with a particular focus from the Electrical Building Services aspect. Relevant CSCS Card. Ability to maximise return/benefit from procurement practices and supply chain management. Understand environmental impacts, legislation developments and the transfer of environmental risk to contractors. Qualifications from a construction related subject. Experience of digital estimating take off systems would be advantageous.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

or call 0330 105 2000 - Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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