Job Description
 

Job Title : ESTIMATOR

Reporting to: Business Development Manager

Location: Bedford

Salary: £45,000 - £65,000 (DOE)

Summary of Responsibilities:

Ensuring tender bids are processed, completed & returned in a complete & accurate manner, within the
timeframe requested by the client.

Key Responsibilities: (not intended to be exclusive or exhaustive)

Ideal candidate
The ideal candidate will have previous experience in estimating, ideally from an architectural or structural
steel background (minimum 5 years), along with the following;
• Experience in preparing tenders and take-offs from construction drawings.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships.
• Excellent IT and computer skills, predominantly Microsoft Office suite.
• Professional telephone skills.
• A smart appearance.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to work well as part of a small team and also under your initiative when required.
• Well organised with excellent time management.
• Ability to work on a variety of projects simultaneously.
• A valid UK Driving license.

Responsibility & Duties
• Review drawings & Tender information
• Establish if the project is appropriate for the business.
• Record and log tender information.
• Collate information from enquiries received and prepare tender bids.
• Check through tender documents to ensure proposed contract terms are acceptable to the business
• Preparing accurate take-offs of all applicable work from drawings. (Manually or using take off software).
• Liaise with internal departments to understand and interpret tender requirements.
• Obtaining material prices from suppliers based on contract specifications.
• Produce cost sheets for all items of work.
• Produce cost breakdowns/ summary.
• Produce a job cost budget for the project.
• Produce a written quotation.
• Attending client meetings.
• Developing relationships with key clients.
• Attend post tender meetings with clients.
• Negotiate final tender sum with clients.
• Check through PSI (Project specific instruction) & Contract documents to ensure contract information &
terms reflect the tender documents & remain acceptable to the business.
• Allocate contract number and update sales ledgers.
• Review position statement.
• Preparing handover documents for the projects team.
• Keeping all records and database up to date.
• Arrange and chair project handover meeting.
• Attend client pre start meeting.

Personal Performance
• Must represent the best interests of the company at all times in a professional and positive manner.
• Achieve all operational and client service targets
• A good team player that will make a positive contribution to the commercial team and maintain an
effective/positive relationship with wider team.
• Demonstrate clear initiative, creativity, and the ability to develop solutions to satisfy customer
requirements.
• Must function effectively as a team player with all company personnel maintaining clear and factual
communication at all times.
• Must be flexible in relation to working hours to ensure client deadlines are achieved - providing that
management requests are reasonable