Estimator – Groundworks – Big plans – No ceiling

Estimator — Residential Groundworks (Expansion Role)

(New region. Cash rich. Big plans. No ceiling.)

Let’s get one thing straight — this isn’t a “fill a seat and carry on” role.
It’s a chance to be there at the start.

A growing civil engineering business — well-funded, quietly confident, and not afraid to invest — is expanding its residential groundworks operation into a brand-new region. And they’re doing it properly. No half measures. No “see how it goes.” The foundations (literally and figuratively) are already there.

What they need now is an Estimator with a bit of spark.
Someone who doesn’t just know how to price jobs, but how to build a pipeline. Someone who wants more say in how things are done — not just “here’s your pile of tenders, get cracking.”

You’ll be in early. Part of the core team. The person who helps shape how this new arm runs — from pricing strategy to preferred supply chain. You’ll work directly with senior decision-makers who actually listen (refreshing, I know).

The new office will be in Surrey.

It’s the sort of setup where autonomy isn’t something they brag about in job ads — it’s just how they operate.

They’re cash rich, backed for growth, and hungry to make a dent in a market that’s ripe for the taking. There’s serious momentum behind this — and if you’ve got the appetite, you can ride that wave.

What’s in it for you

• Real influence: You’ll be the commercial voice helping to build this region from the ground up.

• No red tape: Decisions happen fast. If it makes sense, they’ll back it.

• Proper support: Big enough to fund it, small enough to still care.

• Career acceleration: You’re in at the start. When it grows, so will your role.

If you’re an estimator who’s hit that point where you’re good at what you do, but tired of pricing the same work for the same people in the same postcode… this is the step change.

We’re not looking for a corporate lifer. We’re looking for a builder — commercially sharp, grounded, and up for shaping something that’ll have their name on it in years to come.

And if you’ve ever said, “I’d love the chance to set things up properly, if someone just gave me the room…” — this is that chance.

Quietly ambitious types will get it.

If you’d rather not be one of fifty estimators lost in the machine, here’s your alternative: be one of the first, the trusted, the go-to. The one who helped make it work.

Interested?
Let’s talk — quietly, of course. Don’t worry if you haven’t got an up to date CV. It’s not important for now.

Everyone who gets in touch will get a response.

Now the D&I bit…

Civils Senior Talent and our partner client are equal opportunity employers.