Bespoke Joinery Estimator: Tender & Costing Expert

Ruddy Joinery; Flitwick; Presencial; GBP 40.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

23 days holiday + BH

Pension

Cycle to Work

Healthcare after 3 months

Descripción de la vacante

Ruddy Joinery Ltd in Bedfordshire is seeking an experienced Joinery Estimator to join our factory team. You will be office based, pricing bespoke joinery packages from drawings and specifications, built from first principles.

Reporting to the Chief Estimator, you will price a range of projects including reception desks, cabinetry, wall panelling and other bespoke fitted joinery. This role offers a stable full-time office-based position in Flitwick with competitive salary and benefits.

Formación

• Proven experience estimating for bespoke or architectural joinery in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read and interpret architectural/joinery drawings and specifications.
• Estimating from first principles with sound labour and material assessment.
• Strong numeracy, Excel proficiency, and meticulous attention to detail.
• Effective communication and ability to manage multiple tenders to deadlines.

Responsabilidades

• Review tender enquiries, drawings, specifications and schedules for scope and risks.
• Prepare tender queries to clients and log responses against each tender.
• Produce detailed estimates from first principles (materials, labour, time, subcontractors).
• Obtain and compare supplier quotations and maintain costings.
• Attend bid meetings, propose value engineering options, and refine quotes.
• Produce clear quotations with qualifications, exclusions and programme assumptions.
• Handover awarded projects with full cost breakdowns to production teams.
• Review completed jobs to feed lessons learned into future pricing.

Conocimientos

Estimating experience

Joinery construction

Read drawings & specs

Excel skills

Tender management

Communication

Herramientas

Bluebeam

Descripción del empleo

Ruddy Joinery Ltd in Bedfordshire is seeking an experienced Joinery Estimator to join our factory team. You will be office based, pricing bespoke joinery packages from drawings and specifications, built from first principles.

Reporting to the Chief Estimator, you will price a range of projects including reception desks, cabinetry, wall panelling and other bespoke fitted joinery. This role offers a stable full-time office-based position in Flitwick with competitive salary and benefits.