Estimating Group Leader

Job Description

Job title: Estimating Group Leader

Location: Warton – Onsite

Salary: £56,766+ (Depending on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Understanding business requirements and developing appropriate cost analysis and costing / pricing strategies
• Analysing historical cost, programme and technical data at BAES and within its Supply Chain
• Coordinating the generation of new cost estimates and costing/pricing models to inform the business
• Identifying and developing cost reduction opportunities within the Supply Chain to assist with cost challenges set by our customers
• Leading and developing a team of Senior Estimators/ Estimators, fostering growth and enhancing their skills to drive high-performance and successful project delivery
• “What if” and “should cost” scenario modelling using a range of techniques and toolsets including raw engineering data
• Coordination of cost and pricing activities across the business to ensure all aspects of the programme and associated risks are fully costed and considered
• Lead supplier price negotiations and customer audits
• will lead estimating support to Bid, Campaign or Projects teams, including the compilation of final costing and pricing

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Ideally educated to a degree standard e.g. Maths, Statistics, Business, Engineering
• Experience with leading estimating support to Bid, Campaign or Projects teams, including the compilation of final costing and pricing and help make informed decisions when estimating or analysing costings
• Proven ability to work independently, taking ownership of tasks and delivering high-quality results with minimal supervision.
• Currently operating within or has relevant operational/business experience in cost analysis, planning, forecasting or business modelling/analysis
• Advanced MS skills and Dynamics to be utilised in modelling and analysis with an analytical mind set and investigative approach with excellent numeracy skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills and ability to articulate and influence management information effectively in a clear and succinct manner
• Have experience in the use of data analysis / visualisation tools e.g., POWER BI, TABLEAU
• Leading People and expected to coach and support junior members of the function

Desirable:

• Familiarity with various manufacturing techniques and ability to understand and estimate from manufacturing data (i.e., 2D/3D drawings) via the use of Engineering toolsets e.g., SAPCAMS

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The ESS System Design Team:

You’ll join the ESS System Design Team, responsible for designing and supporting the Engineering Support System (ESS) for the Typhoon aircraft. ESS is a mission-critical maintenance tool that enables the safe, effective operation of Typhoon, and the team plays a key role in delivering future engineering support through the Typhoon FESS programme. This is a highly collaborative team working on systems that directly impact front-line aircraft availability and performance.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 30th January 2026

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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