Estimator

Salary Starting from £48,000

Location Chipping Sodbury or Tewkesbury

The vacancy

Are you an experienced estimator with a passion for accuracy, detail, and adding commercial value?

At Bromford, we’re looking for a driven and skilled individual to join our pre-construction team, playing a key role in producing and maintaining cost plans and estimates that underpin our land acquisition and development decisions. You’ll work at the heart of our land and planning operations, providing financial clarity and strategic insight to support successful scheme delivery.

You’ll be responsible for preparing and updating robust cost plans for a range of housing developments, from early land bid stage through to project delivery. You’ll assess the financial risks and constraints of land opportunities, such as access, levels, drainage, and services, and carry out detailed take-offs for roads, sewers, earthworks, and plot externals. Your role will involve producing plot schedules for mixed tenure sites, collaborating with teams across Land, Commercial, Technical, and Pre-Construction to ensure accuracy and alignment at every stage.

You’ll contribute to land bid submissions with detailed cost appraisals and maintain a pricing database that supports informed decision-making. Sourcing quotes, reviewing specifications and contract documents, and developing robust tender packages will also form a key part of your remit. You’ll track scheme financial performance and actively seek opportunities to improve estimating processes and cost efficiencies. This is a role for someone who takes ownership, embraces collaboration, and is always looking to add value through their commercial insight.

This role is permanent and full time. You can be based from either of our main offices in Chipping Sodbury or Tewkesbury with regular travel across Bristol and Gloucestershire.

You will have:

Strong estimating experience, ideally within a commercial housebuilding or construction environment
A proven track record in groundworks, drainage, and cost planning
A relevant degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, or Construction Management, or equivalent practical experience
Strong technical knowledge of residential development and construction techniques
Excellent analytical skills, with a focus on cost accuracy and risk mitigation
Proficiency in estimating and take-off software
The ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights
Able to complete a basic DBS check as well as have the ability to drive and a full UK driving licence

The closing date is 22 June with 1st stage interviews taking place 27 June.

If you’re ready to be part of a team that shapes the future of our development

Important information for internal colleagues:

If you are successful, you will move onto Bromford's new terms and conditions and will adopt these benefits as part of your colleague package. For more information and FAQs about the new T&Cs, visit Hub. (N.B. this will not apply if you are moving into a role as part of a secondment)

Secondments:

If you are seconded into a role that pays more than your substantive role, you will receive a secondment allowance. This effectively “tops up” your pay to match that of the seconded role for the duration of your secondment. As the allowance is separate from your substantive salary, it is not included in e.g. performance-related pay (PRP) calculations, pension contributions etc.

If your salary is more than that advertised for the role you’re seconding into, there will be no drop in salary during the secondment.

About us

We’re part of one of the biggest housing associations in the country, Bromford Flagship. As Bromford, our purpose is simple and honest: we invest in homes and relationships so that people can thrive.

We provide over 47,000 homes in the West Midlands and West of England; we have relationships with more than 112,000 customers; we have a strong balance sheet and we plan to deliver 11,000 more homes by 2032.

But we’re only just getting started.

Through place-based working, our people build progress from the ground up. You’ll find us at the heart of the communities we serve, forging stronger neighbourhood relationships, reacting faster to shifting needs, and planning smarter.

And we’ve created a thriving place of our own – giving brilliant people like you the tools and opportunities to build a future.

With development that helps you grow in your role, build future-ready skills, and perform at your best. All within a vibrant and inclusive culture guided by our DNA (https://www.bromford.co.uk/careers/working-for-bromford/).

We’re a place for people determined to make a difference.

Bromford. A place to make your own.

Diversity Statement
We are committed to recruiting, developing and retaining colleagues who are representative of the diverse communities we work with. This commitment is embedded in our DNA, and we are striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all colleagues feel valued and respected, and individuality is celebrated. We are a proud "Disability Confident" (Level 2) and Menopause Friendly employer and have signed the Armed Forces covenant to support those who serve.

We encourage people from all sections of our community to apply for jobs with us. Particularly, we welcome those who have been historically underrepresented in areas of our workforce including people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Great Place To Work Certified
Bromford have once again been certified as a Great Place To Work (Nov 24 – Nov 25). The 2024 Great Place to Work Trust Index Survey highlighted that our employees believe we have an amazing company culture and that 91% of our employees were made to feel welcome when they joined us. We are also proud to have been named as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women for two years running (2023 and 2024) demonstrating that all colleagues, regardless of gender, can thrive at Bromford.