Furniture Estimator

Furniture Estimator

Salary: £40,000 to £45,000– subject to experience

Leeds LS10, West Yorkshire – driving license essential

Permanent: Full Time

Profile

Our client, based on the outskirts of Leeds, is a market leader in the Hospitality Industry.  They manufacturer and fit out Hotels with bespoke furniture & soft furnishings for clients such as Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, Holiday Inn & Crowne Plaza. They are now on the lookout for a Furniture Estimator to join the team.

Job Purpose

The successful Estimator will be responsible for estimating a range of products & services within the company.

Responsibilities but not limited to:-

• Evaluate incoming enquiries to ensure they are in line with company capabilities
• Identify and offer value engineer solutions to align with client’s budget and expectations.
• Conduct handover meeting with project managers to ensure project is delivered in accordance with the tendered concept and to budget.
• Provide support to designers and project managers during the manufacturing and installation period of all orders.
• Accurate assessments of the materials and labour required to construct furniture.
• Understanding and interpreting client’s drawings and tender documents.
• Revise quotations in response to any design alterations from the client or end-user
• Confident approach to question design intent to enable best manufacturing methods.
• Continuous interaction with our manufacturing and design teams to advance estimating skills and knowledge.

Essential Skills & qualifications

• Over 5 years’ experience within joinery/ furniture sector
• Ability to organise & prioritise tasks
• Appreciation of the need to get the job done on time and to the correct standard
• Ability to solve problems by acting on own initiative
• Actively develops strong relationships with suppliers and colleagues
• IT Literate- particularly Excel
• Good communicator, able to communicate at all levels
• Willingness to learn
• Attention to detail
• Flexible approach and can-do attitude.

If you are ambitious and are looking to progress within a fantastic company, then please send your cv to apply for this Furniture Estimator role. 

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