Company: CTS Group

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Reports To: VP of Bids

Type: Full-Time

About CTS Group

CTS Group is a fast-growing international design and build company specializing in data center development across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). We combine engineering excellence, innovation, and digital transformation to deliver high-performance, sustainable, and future-ready data center solutions.

With over 40 nationalities represented across our teams, CTS fosters a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance culture where innovation and technical precision drive every project. Beyond construction, CTS develops digital systems and standardized modular data center units to meet the evolving needs of hyperscalers, colocation providers, and enterprise clients.

Our proven track record and strong partnerships have established CTS as a trusted industry leader delivering large-scale, complex data center facilities with speed, efficiency, and excellence.

Role Overview

As a CSA Estimator, you will play a pivotal role in our data centre bid process on both negotiated and open tendered projects. Work closely with the Estimating Manager as well as a multidisciplinary team of engineers, industry experts and in-house electrical and associated key contractors in the data centre field across Europe.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the full tender process from beginning to completion

• Ensuring bid compliance with employers’ requirements

• Managing relevant key subcontractor and supplier bids and ensuring compliance

• Liaising with relevant parties and maintain continuous communication with stakeholders.

• Interrogate our own design submissions on D&B projects

• As and when necessary, completing take-offs, and/ or sanity checking of BOQs prepared by others

• Value engineering, identify key areas without compromising quality or project scope.

• risk analysis

• Critical appraisal of both employer requirements and our bids to bring added value and identify errors, omissions or duplications etc

• Final bid preparation and validation

• Attend meetings as required

• Assist in development of estimating software, database etc

• Minimal travel as required

• Provide support to wider construction team as required

• Perform any additional tasks or responsibilities relevant to the role as required.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in CSA Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.

• A diploma or certification in estimating, quantity surveying, or electrical systems is an advantage.

• 3–5 years of experience in CSA estimating within the construction industry.

• Experience with large-scale projects is preferred.

• Strong understanding of CSA systems, materials, and installation practices.

• Proficiency in estimating software (e.g., CostX or similar) and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word).

• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, specifications, and tender documents.