Job Description:

My client is a main contractor who on interior fit out, M&E and refrigeration projects for retail clients across the UK. They have offices across the UK and are currently recruiting for their Leeds office at Thorpe Park. They offer specialist design, M&E, interior fit out and refrigeration services to some of the UK’s largest retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, M&S, Morrison’s and Co-op.

They are now recruiting for a Mechanical, Electrical and Refrigeration Estimator to join the company on a permanent or freelance basis. Working in the commercial team the M&E Estimator will help manage a continual pipeline of opportunities and will be responsible for ensuring accurate cost estimates and robust commercial submissions are in place for each bid, working across the whole Mechanical, electrical and refrigeration business. Taking responsibility for the commercial submission, you will oversee the bid from tender stage through to contract award. This is a role that requires the ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines. It will require strong management and technical skills. This Estimator will work from their Leeds office, with the option to work some days from home each week in a hybrid capacity.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure all tenders/estimates and cost proposals are compliant to processes, mitigating and advising of risk and delivering opportunities and buying gains.
• Communicating with current and prospective customers, scoping requirements, taking client briefs using previous experience to provide a consultative approach
• Negotiating Pricing for required Materials & labour
• Preparing detailed tender documents inline with client requirement
• Develop new and build existing relationships with key sub-contractors.
• Develop key relationships with customers, client project surveyors and client’s advisors.
• Ensuring proposals are professionally submitted in line with tender requirements.

Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years spent in a similar position for a similar company within the industry.
• Excellent organisation and planning skills.