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Sector : Civil Engineering (Rail & Non-Rail)

Location : Cumbernauld, Scotland

Are you an experienced civil engineering estimator looking for a dynamic role within a growing Scottish business? We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Assistant Estimator or Estimator to join our team, working on a diverse range of rail and civil infrastructure projects.

About Us :

Our Scotland business unit is involved in a variety of projects, including small civil works within our Civils Asset Management framework, large-scale rail infrastructure projects, and non-rail civil engineering infrastructure. We operate in a fast-paced environment, delivering projects across sectors such as bridges, tunnels, stations, embankments, flood defences, and more. Our work includes tendered projects, frameworks, and maintenance contracts with Network Rail and other clients.

Key Responsibilities :

• Review tender documentation for completeness and flag concerns.
• Generate detailed quantity take-offs from drawings and specifications.
• Prepare and issue sub-contract and material enquiries, collaborating with the administration team.
• Analyse quotations from sub-contractors and suppliers, normalising data for comparison.
• Use first principles estimating techniques, benchmarking against historical data and project norms.
• Coordinate with bid team members—including planners and project managers—to define scope, resources, and delivery approach.
• Contribute to the development of methodologies and bid strategies.
• Attend bid meetings to discuss progress, risks, and resource planning.
• Prepare accurate and comprehensive tender / price submissions, ensuring clarity and detail for client review.
• Liaise with sub-contractors and suppliers to gather competitive quotations.
• Support post-tender clarifications and handover to the commercial team if successful.
• Participate in post-tender analysis to improve future estimating accuracy.

Candidate Profile :

What We Offer :

If you’re ready to bring your estimating expertise to a reputable company involved in impactful civil engineering projects across Scotland, we’d love to hear from you.

The Company

Why AmcoGiffen?

You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.

Health & Wellbeing

Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.

Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!

For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team :

tom.peach@amcogiffen.co.uk

Recruitment Manager

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Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

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Full-time

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Construction

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