Head of Estimating

Mears Group PLC

Job Overview

Location

Gloucester - Remote

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Lead the commercial estimating and tendering function at a strategic level for Mears Group PLC, shaping how the organisation prices, wins, and mobilises major contracts across Repairs & Maintenance, Central Government housing, Decarbonisation, and DLO support.
• Develop robust, compliant, and commercially competitive bids from first principles, drive value engineering, and ensure risks and assumptions are clearly understood while influencing strategic bid decisions with Business Development, Operations, and Legal teams.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the Estimating Team, fostering technical excellence and collaboration, identifying capability gaps, and championing learning and systems improvement.
• Play a key role in mobilisation of successful tenders, translating estimating assumptions into operational cost monitoring and analysing outturn performance to inform future bids and build a commercial knowledge base.

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive experience in social housing estimating, including expert knowledge of NHF Schedule of Rates.
• Proven ability to develop pricing strategies and deliver value engineering solutions.
• Strong track record in post‑tender negotiations and contract award processes.
• End‑to‑end tender lifecycle experience, from pricing to mobilisation.
• Strong working knowledge of standard forms of contract.
• Experience presenting commercial proposals at senior leadership level.
• Ability to manage multiple bids under demanding deadlines.
• Demonstrable leadership experience in building high‑performing teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• £6,900 car allowance.
• Generous Pension Scheme and sick pay.
• Family private medical and 3 x Life assurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Mears Rewards – discount voucher scheme for household name retailers.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• Mears Fun Day – annual event organised by the Executive team.
• Volunteering Leave – two days per year for community volunteering.

Skills & Technologies

Remote

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About Mears Group PLC

Mears Group PLC provides integrated housing, care, and support services to local authorities and registered social landlords across the UK. It delivers repairs, maintenance, and refurbishment for social housing, alongside accommodation-based and domiciliary care for older and vulnerable adults. The company operates through multiple regional contracts, combining construction expertise with care management to maintain and improve housing stock and to support independent living. Established in 1988 and headquartered in Gloucester, Mears manages over 20,000 properties and supports more than 75,000 service users annually, focusing on long-term partnerships and measurable social outcomes.

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