Job Description

Do you have a passion for construction, leading high-performing teams, and delivering technical excellence?

If you're an experienced construction estimator who thrives on leadership, customer service, and project excellence, then we have a role for you!


As a

Senior Estimator

within our Technical Services team at Travis Perkins, you'll play a critical part in delivering high-quality technical and estimating services to our internal and external customers. You'll deliver high quality projects, maintain performance standards, and develop construction knowledge of colleagues, ensuring regulatory and construction requirements are adhered to.


This is a fantastic opportunity to lead from the front in a role that combines technical construction knowledge, customer focus, and stakeholder collaboration.

Location: Travis Perkins, Harvey Reeves Road, Northampton.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage project workloads Lead on key customer projects, ensuring accuracy, excellent service and timely delivery. Ensure accuracy and quality across all work, in line with project and building regulations. Collaborate with leadership to achieve performance and AOP recovery targets. Resolve customer queries and maintain service excellence. Support innovation and identify opportunities to grow and improve technical services. Monitor customer feedback and use insights to enhance our service offering. Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver the best technical solutions for customer projects. Oversee onboarding, training, and development of colleagues.

Your ability to lead, coach, and deliver high standards will be vital to the success of the team and the satisfaction of our customers. You'll bring both technical acumen and people leadership to the role.

Along with the above, you'll also have:

Previous experience at a senior-level estimating role within UK new build housing. HNC/HND/ degree in the built environment, or equivalent experience in construction or estimating. Strong background in construction estimating, building products, technical services, and customer delivery. Confidence interpreting construction plans, specs, and regulations. Sound emotional intelligence with clear communication skills.

What's in it for you?

You'll join a supportive and driven team, empowered to shape the direction of our specialist businesses' marketing strategy. Travis Perkins Group offers industry-leading development and progression opportunities, alongside a great range of benefits:

Competitive performance related bonus Save-as-you-earn scheme Buy-as-you-earn scheme Contributory pension scheme Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses including with special discounts across our Trade Merchants - 20% off at Toolstation

About Us

As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.

With over 5 businesses, 19,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!

You be you, it makes us,us!