Our prestigious client is looking for an Estimator on a permanent basis. The duties and experience required are as below: Job Function: To receive enquiries, estimate and convert orders into manufacturing packages for the bespoke joinery industry. Relay all aspects in quotation and clearly define in a hand over to the Contract Manager. Build ongoing professional relationships with key customers. Job Description: · Read technical tender drawings. · Extract and price materials. · Proactively interact with other members of the team to produce competitive bids. · Using practical knowledge put times to costing materials, labour, site operations including plant to complete comprehensive take-off and tender submission. · Establish supply chain costs to be included in tenders. · Generate quotation documents and send to clients. · Liaise with customers, identifying and securing business opportunities from both existing and new clients. · Negotiate and complete tenders to sales. · Build up a consistent system of market prices · Provide a timely response and an exceptional level of service to all enquiries. · Follow up initial submission with client feedback. · Upon tender award, set up and present to a handover meeting with Contracts team. Skills and Experience: Solid understanding of structural, secondary, and architectural steelwork · Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role · Ability to read Technical/architectural drawings. · Understanding of building law and regulations, contract law and health & safety law. · High attention to detail · Excellent financial and numerical skills and sound commercial awareness · Excellent IT skills · Good communication and negotiating skills · Excellent time management and organisation skills. · Familiar with CRM (desirable) · Full UK driving licence (desirable) For more information call 07940307600 or send your cv