Administrator / Estimator

Team Jobs - Commercial; Poole; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Christmas shutdown

Generous pension scheme

Private healthcare

Discretionary annual bonus

Training and development

Progression opportunities

Job summary

TeamJobs in Poole, Dorset is seeking an Administrator / Estimator to join the Fabrications team. The role combines sales administration, pricing, and project support in a busy office.

You will handle enquiries, quotations, supplier pricing, and purchasing, while keeping records up to date in the CRM and project files. Training is provided for those with relevant commercial or technical background.

Qualifications

• Experience in estimating, sales administration or technical/construction environments.
• Strong numerical and costing skills.
• Excellent communication and organisation.

Responsibilities

• Process new customer enquiries and sales orders.
• Prepare and submit quotations within agreed timescales.
• Obtain prices and quotations from suppliers.
• Build and maintain relationships with customers and suppliers.
• Organise and coordinate customer deliveries.
• Process job costing information.
• Record stock movements and maintain accurate records.
• Purchase materials to support production and projects.
• Support invoicing and credit control when required.
• Keep CRM and project records up to date.

Skills

Excel

Outlook

Pricing

Customer service

Job description

Administrator / Estimator

Poole, Dorset
30,000 - 35,000 DOE
Monday - Friday Permanent Office Based

TeamJobs is working with an established and growing business within the construction and manufacturing sector to recruit an Administrator / Estimator to join their Fabrications team in Poole.

This is a great opportunity for someone with experience in estimating, sales administration, order processing or a technical/construction environment who enjoys a varied role combining customer enquiries, quotations, purchasing, project administration and costing.

You don't necessarily need previous estimating experience. If you're commercially minded, confident with numbers and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, full training can be provided.

The Role

Working closely with customers, suppliers, the sales team and wider business, you'll be responsible for:

• Processing new customer enquiries and sales orders

• Preparing and submitting quotations within agreed timescales

• Obtaining prices and quotations from suppliers

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers and suppliers

• Organising and coordinating customer deliveries

• Processing job costing information

• Recording stock movements and maintaining accurate records

• Purchasing materials and consumables to support production and project requirements

• Supporting invoicing and credit control when required

• Keeping CRM and project records accurate and up to date

• Assisting with the coordination of machine servicing and maintenance

• Producing reports and providing general support to the management team

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is:

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail

• Confident working with numbers and pricing

• A strong communicator with excellent customer service skills

• Comfortable managing multiple enquiries and priorities

• Experienced using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Outlook

• Commercially aware and confident liaising with customers and suppliers

Previous experience within construction, manufacturing, engineering, estimating, sales administration or a technical environment would be highly advantageous.

The ability to understand technical or architectural drawings would also be beneficial, but isn't essential.

What's On Offer?

• 30,000 - 35,000 salary DOE

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays

• Christmas shutdown

• Generous pension scheme

• Private healthcare

• Discretionary annual bonus

• Supported training and development

• Genuine opportunities for progression within a growing business

If you have experience in estimating, sales administration, construction or a technical environment and you're looking for a varied position with plenty of opportunity to develop, we'd love to hear from you.