Estimator
Wernick Group Limited
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Benefits offered by this job
Job summary
Wernick Group Limited is seeking an meticulous Estimator for its modular building division. The role focuses on pricing rental opportunities, preparing comprehensive quotation documents, and supporting sales, factory production, and site teams with accurate information.
Ideally you will have proven estimating or CAD design experience within modular construction, with a deep understanding of building regulations, strong numerical skills, and superb attention to detail.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in estimating or CAD design within modular building or construction.
- Strong understanding of building regulations and industry best practices.
- Excellent attention to detail and high accuracy in pricing and tender documents.
- Ability to price accurately and present comprehensive quote documents for rental opportunities.
- Good communication with sales, estimating, and production teams.
- Strong organisational and time management skills to handle multiple projects.
Responsibilities
- Review client enquiries and tender documents to identify requirements and prepare suitable sales proposals.
- Prepare accurate rental quotations from enquiry information, schedules, and specifications.
- Compile bills of quantities, schedules of materials, and cost build-ups for quotations.
- Obtain subcontractor quotations and include best options in estimates.
- Understand modular building technical information and site constraints to guide pricing.
- Prepare clear sales proposals reflecting client requirements and pricing assumptions.
Skills
Job description
Location: Wolverhampton Road
Are you a meticulous Estimator with a deep understanding of building regulations within the modular building industry? Wernick Modular Hire, a proud part of the Wernick Group, invites you to join our thriving team in Cannock.
As the UK's largest and longest-established provider of modular buildings and site accommodation, Wernick Group has been a leader since 1934. Our family-run business has achieved remarkable growth, doubling its turnover in the last five years, a testament to our dedicated workforce and unwavering commitment to excellence.
In this pivotal Estimator role, you will play a crucial part in our sales process, supporting the team by accurately pricing and presenting comprehensive quote documents for rental opportunities. We are seeking a proactive and numerate individual who can manage all aspects of estimating, thrives in a collaborative team environment, and is eager to continuously develop their skills. Join us and contribute to our legacy of quality and innovation.
- Review client enquiries, concept information and tender documents to identify requirements and prepare a suitable sales proposal.
- Prepare accurate rental quotations from enquiry information, schedules, specifications and agreed pricing assumptions.
- Compile bills of quantities, schedules of materials and cost build-ups needed to produce clear and accurate quotations.
- Obtain subcontractor quotations for relevant work packages, review scope and exclusions, and include the most suitable quotation within the estimate.
- Understand technical information relating to modular buildings, including building layout, site constraints, specification requirements and scope boundaries.
- Prepare clear sales proposals that reflect client requirements, pricing assumptions, exclusions and the relevant Wernick products and services.
- Support Sales, factory production, project control and site teams with quotation information, handover details and clarification where required.
- Read and understand technical documentation, including tender documents, specifications, schedules and client enquiry information.
- Manage workload effectively in a busy office environment, follow direction from senior managers and meet agreed quotation deadlines.
- Clarify enquiry information with the Sales team, client contacts and internal departments to confirm scope, exclusions, assumptions and programme requirements before pricing.
- Maintain accurate quotation records, cost information and supporting documents so that pricing decisions are traceable and easy to review.
- Proven experience in an estimating or CAD design role, ideally within the modular building or construction industry, demonstrating a strong understanding of building regulations and industry best practices.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a passion for accuracy, with a proven ability to identify and rectify discrepancies in design work and tender documents.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with sales, estimating, and production teams.
- A proactive, solution-oriented approach to problem-solving, capable of adapting designs and pricing based on feedback and regulatory updates.
- Strong organisational and time management skills, enabling efficient handling of multiple projects in a busy office environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and a willingness to learn new technologies.
- A collaborative mindset, reliability, and a commitment to maintaining high standards of work.
- Competitive salary and bonus scheme.
- Generous holiday allowance (rising with service), with options to buy, sell, or carry over up to 5 days.
- Christmas Shutdown and an early finish on Fridays.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Group pension and annual salary review every January.
- Life Assurance (2 x annual salary) and Personal Accident Insurance.
- Free onsite parking.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Comprehensive training and progression opportunities.
- Join a secure, family-run company with over 90 years of trading history.
- Open-door policy and an Employee Referral scheme.
- Access to a benefits scheme with discounted retailers and a Corporate Eyecare Scheme.
- Opportunity to contribute ideas directly through our MD/CEO suggestion scheme.
Wernick Group is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for interviews; please advise our recruitment team as soon as possible if you require any.
Please note: We are unable to sponsor employment of international workers for this role. You will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.
As a family-owned and operated business since our inception, we blend traditional values with a forward-looking approach. This unique combination ensures a work environment that respects legacy while embracing the future.
Our expansive operations, with 40 centres across 36 UK locations, offer a vast array of roles and career paths in the public and private sectors. From modular building solutions to off-grid power, your professional journey can be as dynamic and varied as our services.
At Wernick, excellence isn’t just a goal; it's our way of life. We pride ourselves on providing outstanding product quality and service, creating an environment where your work directly contributes to customer satisfaction and business success.
We believe in nurturing talent from within. Through ongoing training and development opportunities, we invest in your future, ensuring your career at Wernick is not just a job, but a journey of growth and learning.
Our business model is streamlined to reduce bureaucracy, enabling you to work in an environment that values decisiveness and efficiency. This approach allows you to focus on what you do best, without unnecessary complications.
We're committed to reducing our carbon footprint and ensuring a safe, positive working environment. Working with us means being part of a team that cares for the planet and the people.
We believe everyone should have a clear path on how they can progress. That’s why we have developed the Wernick Way Forward, a personal development plan catered to each employee.
Start your career with one of our trainee programmes. These are designed to help you develop and grow in our business and offer an advance career progression.
Feel confident in your role and enjoy what you do. We recognise the need to invest in training and development.
By offering a range of training days/courses for our team we want to create an environment where you can move towards your career goals. We make sure that everyone who works with us has the resources they need to learn and develop their roles. We value mentoring and offer clear routes for career progression.
- Excellent Timekeeping
- Outstanding customer service skills
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Relative experience in a similar role in the modular building industry
- Experience as an Estimator.
- Deep understanding of building regulations within the modular building industry.
- Ability to accurately price and present comprehensive quote documents for rental opportunities.
- Demonstrated proactivity in a professional setting.
- Strong numerical skills
- Ability to manage all aspects of estimating.
Friday 9th October, 2026
fulltime
Based on Experience
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