Stewart Construction, a top Irish Contractor with over 120 years of excellence in the industry, is currently seeking a proactive and organised Senior Estimator to join our growing and supportive team.

You'll work alongside experienced professionals on prestigious commercial, industrial, and educational projects.

This is an exciting opportunity to grow your experience with a company known for delivering high-quality work across Ireland.

Key responsibilities

Review tender documents and drawings, and decide bid strategy with the MD
Measure and price works: build up rates, prepare BOQs and set out preliminaries
Get, compare and normalise subcontractor and supplier quotes
Produce cost plans and value engineering options for design-and-build clients
Price public works contracts (PWC) and framework mini-competitions, including quality submissions
Spot risks, qualifications and clarifications, and price them
Present tenders at settlement meetings with the senior team
Hand won jobs over to the delivery team, then track tender performance and win rates
Mentor junior estimators and keep the cost database up to date
Ensure compliance with Health & Safety regulations and company policies

What you'll bring

Essential

A degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Economics or similar
At least 5 years estimating with a main contractor, or a mix of PQS and contractor experience
A record of pricing building projects worth €5m+ from first principles
Good knowledge of PWC forms and Irish public procurement
Confident use of CostX, Bluebeam or similar take-off software

Desirable

Hotel, education, life sciences or refurbishment experience
SCSI, RICS or CIOB membership, or working towards it
Manual Handling and Safe Pass

Senior Estimator

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