Whole Life Cost & Carbon Estimator - Utilities Sector

CompanyMace

LocationLondon, England, United Kingdom

Posted At12/3/2025

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Occupation Type

Estimators, valuers and assessors

Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled

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£41,700 (£21.38 per hour)

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Description

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery to unlock the potential in every project.

The project: Our client is the utilities provider in the South-East geographic area. Their purpose is to deliver services in an environmentally sustainable, economically beneficial, and socially responsible manner and create sustainable long-term value for all.

Our Values Shape The Way We Consult, And Define The People We Want To Join Us On Our Journey, They Are

Safety first - Going home safe and well
Client focus - Deliver on our promise
Integrity - Always do the right thing
Create opportunity - For our people to excel

Be a part of our cost and commercial management centre that spans our five global hubs, where we oversee major events and infrastructure programmes of work for world leading organisations across the public and private sectors.

The estimating function shall ensure that cost plans are robust, integrated, represent value for money, and are supported by consistent internal and external benchmarking data. It will also ensure that the scope of services is held as an integrated baseline (scope, cost and time) within infrastructure project controls systems. The estimating function shall also assist in pricing risk and change values.

The opportunity

Be a part of our cost consultancy business that spans our five global hubs, where you can oversee work for world leading organisations across the public and private sectors.

Project Scope

An exciting opportunity to join the Cost & Commercial Management team working within Water Sector with our key strategic client. The role is primarily focused on lifecycle costing but will interface closely with Estimating and Carbon services.

Typical Duties Will Include

Providing specialist lifecycle cost advice and optimisation of whole-life costs and performance for a range of projects and assets, including whole-life/ lifecycle cost models and options appraisals tailored to projects and clients
Providing whole-life cost outputs and data to support economic and business cases
Providing LCC advise and models for infrastructure projects
Providing bespoke advice to clients including research and data gathering, quantitative analysis (including lifecycle, energy and risk models), data analysis and evaluation, facilitation of workshops
Conducting feasibility studies, advising on procurement strategies and contract selection, writing and undertaking procurement reports. Applying the value management techniques at the outset of a project.

Managing, estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan.

Your Knowledge, Experience And Skills Need To Include

Consultancy/commercial experience with specialist expertise in whole-life and lifecycle costing in construction and/or infrastructure and working alongside the Carbon estimators/SMEs.
Good understanding of WLC measurement, calculations, modelling and able to articulate principles across the team at all levels.
Experience in handling data required for Whole Life cycle costing, including the analysis of large volumes of data in the preparation of models, reports and economic appraisals
Knowledge of value engineering and life cycle costing.
Experience in supporting and/or managing projects.
Demonstrable ability to take ownership of tasks and work with overlapping/tight deadlines, delivering outputs in an accurate and timely manner
Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills (both internal and external), and commercially astute with strong presentation skills
Ability to review information quickly and efficiently, taking initiative and making decisions using an appropriate mix of analysis and judgement

Comfortable working in teams, developing more junior members of staff, sharing knowledge and skills and networking within the business as well as externally.

Energetic and dynamic, capable of delivering to plan but also able to react flexibly to changing circumstances

Ability to introduce innovative approaches that can be used to improve performance, reduce costs, increase quality, improve business processes and provide clear rationale and supporting data to justify solutions

Understanding of hot topic issues such as Sustainability, Social Value, Carbon Reduction impacting Public Sector

Capex V Opex Cost Analysis/ advice

Qualifications

Minimum 2:1 at degree level, in any discipline
Proficient in MS Office suite (particularly Excel), with general strong IT skills

Desirable

A degree in quantity surveying/cost management or equivalent.
Professional membership i.e. MRICS/RICS.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria below, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization. We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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