Electrical Estimator

EA First; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Pension

Private Healthcare

24 days annual leave

Job summary

EA First near Cambridge is seeking an Electrical Estimator with Trimble experience to join a busy and growing business. You will handle high-value tenders, assess site installation needs, and prepare accurate estimates while coordinating with suppliers and sub-contractors.

The role includes producing detailed quotations, maintaining client and subcontractor databases, and value engineering on projects. A competitive salary, 24 days leave, pension, and private healthcare are offered.

Qualifications

• Electrical estimating experience required with Trimble usage.
• Experience in business development/client generation is ideal.
• Good IT skills, especially Excel, for tender preparation.
• Ability to identify opportunities and manage tender processes.

Responsibilities

• Identify new opportunities and generate tender enquiries.
• Maintain customer and sub-contractor database.
• Review initial enquiry documentation.
• Produce estimation documents and file estimates (electronic and paper).
• Send out, track and receive specialist subcontract package enquiries.
• Prepare detailed quotations considering material and labour resources.
• Negotiate costs, discounts, and quotations with suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Record new enquiries in the database.
• Maintain clear customer communication throughout tender process.
• Supervise one team member.
• Carry out Value Engineering on tenders.

Skills

Electrical estimating

Client development

Negotiation

Communication

Tools

Trimble

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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!

In this varied role, you'll be doing:

• 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 resource
• 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

You must have electrical estimating experience along with experience using Trimble. In addition, business development/client generation experience would be ideal.

You’ll be confident using your initiative and working in an organised and efficient way, along with good communication and negotiation skills. You’ll also need good IT skills particularly with Microsoft Excel.

On offer is a very competitive salary, good benefits, free parking and the opportunity to join a growing business where there's opportunity for the role to evolve, over time.

Location:

Near Cambridge

Hours:

Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:30pm

Very competitive salary on offer

24 days annual leave, Pension & Private Healthcare.