Our client is a long-standing business who are a specialist Carpentry / Joinery sub-contractor based in the Northern Home Counties. An established business within their sector with over 40 years successful trading behind them. Employing 120 people with a Turnover of around £15M with excellent staff retention.
They are looking to recruit a Senior Estimator to join the business to help facilitate their plans for growth.
They have long term relationships in place with several Tier one Main Contractors and provide a supply & fix service with typical package values ranging from £1 - £5M carrying out projects predominately within the M25.
Sectors to include Residential, Education, Health & Commercial.
The role will be reporting into a director, overseeing two other Estimators.
- The role will involve receiving the request to tender
- Understanding the scope
- Assessing best contact within supply chain, breaking out the elements and getting the information across to obtain prices
- Chasing supply chain for information, compiling costs on Excel
- Sitting in the adjudication meeting to ensure programme is agreed before submitting.
- Attending / chairing presentation of bid to client.
- Upon award, chairing handover meeting with Contracts department.
An extremely successful business, great opportunity to help move the business forwards.
The successful candidate should either have come from a Carpentry trade and moved into Estimating, worked as an Estimator for a specialist carpentry sub-contractor or work for a Main Contractor but looking to work for a specialist carpentry subcontractor.