Estimating Technician

Sales Recruit UK Ltd.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time

Permanent

Job summary

Lanarkshire-based Estimating Engineer opportunity with a long-established engineering manufacturer. You will own the estimate from enquiry to quote, reading customer drawings and specifications, planning manufacturing methods, and calculating times, materials and costs to produce a winning price.

Directly involved with suppliers and production, you’ll ensure fast, accurate quotes and margins, contributing to a small, close-knit team within a profitable group.

Qualifications

• Experience estimating manufactured work from customer drawings.
• Ability to price fabrication and machining with sensible margins.
• Proficient with Excel and ERP/MRP systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the estimate from enquiry to quote for varied fabrication work.
• Read drawings, plan manufacturing methods, and calculate times and costs.
• Collaborate with suppliers, Procurement and Production to secure orders.

Skills

Estimating

Pricing

Read drawings

Excel

Tools

MRP/ERP

Job description

Estimating Engineer

Lanarkshire | Up to £55,000

• Price a genuinely varied mix of fabrication and machining work
• Your improvements get implemented, not lost in management layers
• Long-established manufacturer, currently investing, with strong group backing

THE CLIENT

A long-established engineering manufacturer serving customers across a wide range of industries. The business is part of a highly profitable group and is investing in its future, which makes it a secure place to build a career. The team is small and close-knit, and every role makes a visible difference.

This is a newly created position, adding capacity to the estimating function rather than filling a gap. It reports directly to the Managing Director. If you've been held back by layers of sign-off in a bigger business, that changes here.

THE ROLE

You'll own the estimate from enquiry to quote. You'll read customer drawings and specifications, plan the manufacturing method and work out fabrication and machining times, material and bought-in costs. Then you'll turn it into a price that wins work at the right margin. Turnaround matters, and so does getting it right.

You'll deal directly with material suppliers on pricing, lead times and technical requirements. You'll work closely with Procurement and Production so that won orders start quickly and accurately. Because no two enquiries are alike, the job stays interesting. You'll bring ideas to the estimating team, and with a direct line to the MD you'll see them put into practice.

ABOUT YOU

You'll be an estimator, estimating engineer or quotations engineer used to pricing manufactured work from drawings. That could be subcontract fabrication, machining, sheet metal, steelwork or something similar. You understand how parts and structures are made and can put sensible times and costs against them. You communicate clearly with customers and suppliers, and you've got the commercial sense to balance a competitive price with a healthy margin.

You're organised and computer literate, comfortable with Excel and an MRP or ERP system, and you like finding faster ways to estimate accurately.

THE REWARDS

Up to £55,000 basic salary
Full-time, permanent position