Estimator

Bring your estimating expertise and commercial judgement to a role taking ownership of tender pricing, building accurate budgets and helping turn enquiries into profitable projects.

• Estimator
• Location: Hybrid – Leeds
• Salary: £40,000–£50,000 per year, depending on experience
• Full-time, Monday to Friday
• Car allowance and company performance bonus

About the Company

Our client is a commercial ceramic wall and floor tiling contractor working nationally for main contractors across the leisure, retail, hospitality, automotive, healthcare and housing sectors.

The business is growing fast and looking for an Estimator to take ownership of pricing, from initial enquiry through to submission and handover.

About the Role

You will price tiling and floor preparation packages, with a target of pricing a minimum of £12 million of work per year. Working alongside the QS and operations team in Simpro, you will produce clear, accurate tenders and set budgets that enable the Contracts Manager to manage won projects against their price.

Your responsibilities will include

Price tiling and floor preparation packages from enquiry to submission, producing take-offs from drawings and specifications.

Build rates using the company's labour output benchmarks, material costs and travel and away costs, obtaining and comparing supplier quotations for materials.

Produce clear quotations in the company's house format, detailing qualifications, exclusions and assumptions.

Manage the tender register, follow up submissions and chase outcomes.

Hand over won jobs to the Contracts Manager with a full cost breakdown and set budgets covering labour days, materials, travel and preliminaries.

Track win rates and provide feedback on pricing accuracy against actual job costs.

Work in Simpro alongside the QS and operations team.

About You

You will bring estimating or quantity surveying experience gained with a specialist subcontractor, fit-out or finishes contractor. Tiling experience is preferred.

Commercially aware, you will understand when an opportunity is worth pursuing and bring a thorough approach to pricing.

You will also need:

Confidence producing take-offs from drawings, digitally or manually.

An understanding of labour outputs, material wastage and preliminaries.

Strong Excel skills.

A full UK driving licence for occasional site visits.

What's on Offer

A salary of £40,000–£50,000, depending on experience.

Car allowance.

Company performance bonus.

Hybrid working.

The opportunity to take ownership of pricing within a growing commercial tiling contractor.

How to Apply

If you have the skills and experience required for this Estimator position based in Leeds, click “apply” today and check your inbox for an email providing more information on how to tailor your application and provide a cover letter or any supporting documents.

No agencies please.

Other suitable skills and experience include: Construction Estimator, Tiling Estimator, Flooring Estimator, Fit-Out Estimator, Finishes Estimator, Quantity Surveyor, Estimating Surveyor, Commercial Estimator, Cost Estimator, Tendering Estimator.

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