Job Title: Senior Electrical Estimator
Location: Rochester, Kent (Projects across London)
Salary: £75,000 – £80,000 + Package
The Role
- Manage the full tender process from initial enquiry through to submission and post-tender negotiation
- Review tender documentation, drawings, specifications, and employer requirements
- Produce accurate electrical cost plans, estimates, and detailed tender submissions
- Carry out detailed take-offs and measurements from drawings and specifications
- Obtain and analyse supplier and subcontractor quotations
- Identify value engineering opportunities and alternative cost-saving solutions
- Prepare tender adjudication documents and present cost proposals to senior management
- Assess project risks, opportunities, and commercial viability
- Liaise with clients, consultants, and design teams throughout the tender process
- Support project handovers to the delivery team following successful project award
- Maintain and develop relationships with key suppliers, subcontractors, and clients
- Play a key role in developing and improving the pre-construction function
The Company
- Established, quality-focused electrical contractor delivering commercial installations across London
- Projects include Cat A & B office fit-outs, hospitals, schools, colleges, industrial warehouses, and high-end residential developments
- Growing business with a strong reputation and long-term client relationships
- Close-knit, collaborative team environment
- Office based in Rochester, Kent, offering London projects without the daily commute
- Strong pipeline of secured and negotiated work
The Ideal Candidate
- Proven experience as an Electrical Estimator within an electrical or M&E contracting environment
- Strong technical understanding of electrical building services installations
- Experience pricing commercial electrical projects from £100k to £5m+
- Ability to accurately interpret drawings, specifications, and tender documentation
- Strong commercial awareness and attention to detail
- Experience using estimating software and Microsoft Excel
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Organised, proactive, and capable of managing multiple tenders simultaneously
- Ambitious and motivated to progress within a growing business
What You'll Get
- Salary between £75,000 – £80,000
- Car allowance
- Phone and laptop provided
- Clear progression opportunities within a growing business
- Opportunity to help shape and develop the estimating function
- Small, senior team environment with direct access to decision-makers
- Long-term career prospects with a well-established contractor
Process
- Apply for the role
- Initial confidential discussion to explore your background and ambitions
- Submission to client (if aligned)
- 1–2 stage interview process
- Offer and onboarding