Estimator

Job title: Estimator

Location: Warton/Samlesbury – On-site

Salary: £41,361+ (Depending on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Analyse business requirements and develop tailored cost analysis and pricing strategies, including reviewing historical costs, programme performance, and technical data to generate accurate cost estimates and pricing models that drive informed business decisions
• Run cost and pricing activities across the organisation, ensuring comprehensive coverage of program elements and associated risks
• Create and implement best-in-class analysis and modelling tools, selecting the most effective techniques for each context
• Conduct “What if” and “should cost” scenario modelling to assess financial impacts
• Support price negotiations and customer audits to ensure alignment with business objectives

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Proven experience in cost analysis, planning, forecasting, or business modelling/analysis within an operational or business environment
• Proficiency in MS tools, including Excel and Microsoft Dynamics, for effective modelling and analysis to identify business challenges and propose actionable solutions
• Strong innovative mindset with the ability to think creatively and drive improvements
• Excellent analytical skills with a keen investigative approach and strong numeracy
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to effectively influence management information and present it in a succinct and compelling manner

Desirable:

• Experience with data analysis and visualisation tools, such as Power BI and Tableau
• Ideally educated to a degree standard e.g. Maths, Statistics, Business, Engineering
  

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Commercial Function Team:

A number of exciting opportunities have arisen within the Air Sector of BAE Systems to join our team of Estimators within the Commercial Function.

Our team of Estimators are responsible for the generation of cost estimates, price proposals, data analysis and value modelling to help grow the Air Business sector through data-driven decision making and intelligent business planning. We recognise the importance of being on the forefront of analytical techniques and applications and so are also looking to expand our business modelling, analysis and parametric capabilities so would welcome interest from individuals who have skills that would contribute to this goal.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 28th February 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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