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Hours: 7:30am - 4:30pm, Monday to Friday
Location: Reading
Our client is seeking a detail-oriented and commercially aware Estimator to assist their sales team in delivering complex sales quotes effectively and efficiently. You will play a key role in calculating accurate project costings, ensuring bids are competitive, profitable, and achievable within time and budget constraints.
Key Responsibilities
- Accurately calculate and prepare project costings to support the sales team in securing and delivering successful projects.
- Budgeting, building, and checking schedules of rates, and approximating build costs.
- Attend pre-budget meetings and site visits to establish accurate cost estimates.
- Coordinate with the sales team to ensure upcoming projects are scheduled in advance for optimal costing practices.
- Identify and report any risks that may affect projected costs or time estimates.
- Verify take-offs to ensure accuracy.
- Oversee the smooth handover from bid stage to project execution, liaising with internal teams and stakeholders.
- Manage and maintain all relevant documentation, including quotes, presentations, and data, in line with GDPR and corporate governance standards.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Estimating, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years' progressive experience in estimating or cost management within construction, with demonstrable results.
- Strong knowledge of construction methods, technologies, and materials (glass, steel, aluminium, powder coatings).
- Experience working on commercial building projects.
- Full UK Driving Licence (clean preferred).
Skills & Competencies
- Ability to meet project objectives within agreed constraints.
- Proficiency in preparing bid presentations (PowerPoint).
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent record-keeping, organisational, and time management abilities.
- Exceptional communication and negotiation skills.
- High commercial awareness and meticulous attention to detail.
- Flexible approach to managing changing priorities.
Benefits:
- Holiday - 24 days
- Private medical - After probation
- Passionate about involvement in good causes
- Discretionary quarterly bonus (up to 10% of salary p/a)
- Lunch provided to all staff when in the office
- Parking
- Generous pension - employer pay employee contributions
- Option to opt in for a lease car
- Annual entitlement to buy/sell holiday (up to 3 days) every Jan only
- Employee assistance program
