Estimator

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

6/23/2025

Job Description

Wood have an opportunity for an Estimator to join our fabrication workshop team on a permanent basis. This role is hybrid working with 3 days a week onsite in the workshop in Altens, Aberdeen.

The Role

The successful candidate will assist in the prep aration of accurate estimates, ensuring budgeting and planning can take place. You will support the robust control of projects throughout their lifecycle to ensure the project can be delivered profitably. You will provide input to support the preparation of estimates to the required level of detail and accuracy in accordance with contractual requirements and Wood policies, procedures, and standards.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Our Upstream team will continue to play an important role in providing energy security. We design, engineer, build, operate and maintain the most complex assets in the world, in the harshest of environments, providing solutions across the asset life cycle from concept to decommissioning.

At all levels our goal is the same: to provide our clients with complete assurance that their asset is in safe hands.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects Upstream production will continue to play an important role in providing energy security across the globe
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid working where relevant
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
  
  

Responsibilities

• Assists in the development of estimates for contract scope changes, extra work orders, and projects
• Assist and support in the development of project cost estimates in accordance with the Basis of Estimate including statements of work scope, assumptions, man-hour estimates, narratives, and review & comment of client documents
• Assist in the internal review of project cost estimates, coordinating comments & updates and support the delivery of reviewed estimates to Wood management for review and approval
• Support in the production and issue of updates to projects cost estimates in a controlled manner
• Liaise with other Project Controls disciplines to ensure project budgets and schedules are developed to reflect the structure and content of the approved project cost estimate
• Assess and communicate cost and schedule impact of change notifications
• Ensure risk analysis is carried out as specified in Wood policy, processes, and standards
• Review performance of projects in terms of actual hours and quantities versus estimated hours and quantities with recommended changes to norms as required
• Scope and design development charge orders are correctly identified and change orders are tracked with correct submission and approval dates recorded
  
  

Qualifications

• ISCED level 3 (Upper Secondary) with good level of attainment in maths
• Good level of general computer skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Effective organization & planning skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Good communication skills both written and oral
• Uses initiative and a proactive approach to problem solving
• Commitment to continuous improvement
  
  

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.