We're on the lookout for an Estimator to join our well established and respected client based in Loughborough on a full time, permanent basis.
Salary: 35,000 - 45,000 (depending on experience).
Hours: 07:45 - 16:45 Monday - Thursday and 07:45 - 14:15 on Friday.
The Role:
As an Estimator, you will be responsible for receiving new enquiries, estimating and converting orders into manufacturing packages for fabrication. You will also be required to provide a detailed handover of the quotation to the Contracts Manager.
Key Responsibilities:
- Read technical tender drawings.
- Extract and price materials.
- Proactively interact with other members of the team to produce competitive bids.
- Using practical knowledge put times to costing materials, labour, site operations including plant to complete comprehensive take-off and tender submission.
- Establish supply chain costs to be included in tenders.
- Generate quotation documents and send to clients.
- Liaise with customers, identifying and securing business opportunities from both existing and new clients.
- Negotiate and complete tenders to sales.
- Build up a consistent system of market prices
- Provide a timely response and an exceptional level of service to all enquiries.
- Follow up initial submission with client feedback.
- Upon tender award, set up and present to a handover meeting with Contracts team.
Essential Requirements:
- Strong understanding of structural, secondary, and architectural steel work.
- Experience within a similar Estimating role within the industry.
- Ability to read Technical/architectural drawings.
- Understanding of building law and regulations, contract law and health & safety law.
- High attention to detail.
- Excellent financial and numerical skills and sound commercial awareness.
- Excellent IT skills.
- Strong communication and negotiating skills.
- Excellent time management and organisation skills.
- Familiar with TEKLA Structures Software.
If you are looking for the next step in your career with a well-established and respected local company, then apply for this role now!
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