Electrical Estimator

ZipRecruiter; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Electrical Estimator near Cambridge. Applicants should have strong experience in electrical estimating and be familiar with Trimble software. Responsibilities include preparing detailed quotations, managing tenders, and fostering business development. The role offers a competitive salary along with benefits like annual leave and private healthcare.

Benefits

24 days annual leave

Pension

Private Healthcare

Qualifications

• Experience in estimating electrical projects.
• Familiarity with business development and client relations.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify new opportunities to grow the business.
• Maintain the customer and subcontractor database.
• Prepare detailed quotations and estimation documents.
• Negotiate costs and purchasing quotations with suppliers.

Skills

Electrical estimating experience

Experience using Trimble

Good IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel

Job description

Overview

Are you an Electrical Estimator with experience of using Trimble? We're pleased to share details of this excellent opportunity for an Electrical Estimator to join a busy and growing business, based near Cambridge. If you're used to working on high value projects and several concurrent tenders, always ensuring deadlines are met, along with experience of site installation and have enough electrical knowledge to assess working times and materials to complete all types of project tenders - we'd love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Identifying new opportunities to grow the business and generating new tender enquiries
• Maintain the customer and sub-contractor database
• Review initial enquiry documentation
• Provide estimation documents and prepare estimate filing both electronically and in paper form
• Send out, track and receive specialist subcontract package enquiries
• Production of detailed quotations considering material and labour resources
• Negotiate costs, discount structures and purchasing quotations with suppliers & sub-contractors prior to tender stage
• Recording all new enquiries in the database
• Customer communication throughout the tender process
• Supervising one member of the team
• Carry out Value Engineering on project tenders
• Customer visits

Qualifications

• Electrical estimating experience
• Experience using Trimble
• Business development/client experience would be ideal
• Good IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel

Details

• Location: Near Cambridge
• Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:30pm
• Salary: Very competitive salary on offer
• Benefits: 24 days annual leave, Pension & Private Healthcare
• EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this permanent vacancy