Estimator

Streamline Search Ltd.; Epping Forest; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to 65k

Office hours 8-5

Christmas closure

Pension scheme

Friendly team

Job summary

Streamline Search Ltd. is assisting in recruiting an experienced Estimator for a specialist roofing contractor based near Waltham Abbey. The role focuses on pre-construction tendering, take-offs from drawings, value engineering, and cost control across projects from £200k to £4M+.

Excellent Excel and Bluebeam skills are essential, with 5+ years of estimating in flat roofing preferred. You will join a growing team, with office-based hours 8am–5pm, and travel to sites as required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years estimating experience in flat roofing systems preferred
• Ability to interpret drawings and specifications for take-offs
• Experience in producing client bills of quantities and pricing documents

Responsibilities

• Prepare tender submissions from construction drawings
• Perform accurate quantity take-offs using Bluebeam or equivalent
• Calculate project rates including labour, materials and preliminaries
• Prepare scope-marked drawings and pricing documents
• Attend project handover meetings with design and management teams
• Maintain detailed records of tender submissions, RFIs and queries
• Support with technical submittals and data collection for awarded projects

Skills

take-offs

costing

tender submissions

Tools

Bluebeam

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Location: Waltham Abbey, Essex
Hours: 8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday
Salary: Up to £65,000 depending on experience.
Holiday: 20 Days plus 8 Bank Holidays.
Sector: Construction, Roofing

Our client is a specialist contractor in hard metal roofing, cladding, and faade systems, delivering bespoke solutions for both commercial and residential projects across the UK and internationally. They provide a full end-to-end service from design and fabrication through to installation, working with high-quality materials and offering tailored solutions for projects ranging from simple structures to complex, large-scale developments. With a strong reputation for quality, safety, and technical expertise, our client combines industry experience with a customer-focused approach to consistently deliver high-standard, sustainable roofing solutions.

Due to continued company growth, they are looking to recruit an experienced estimator for their pre-construction team. You'll be pulling together scopes of work, providing value engineering and quote gathering to streamline and control the pre-construction processes.

Position Duties

• The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing tender submissions and carrying out take-offs from construction drawings, with the ability to interpret drawings, understand specifications, and use Excel to a high standard.
• Completing accurate quantity take-offs from drawings, with experience in Bluebeam estimating software considered beneficial.
• Calculating project rates, including labour, materials, and preliminary costs.
• Completing client bills of quantities and pricing documents.
• Producing scope-marked drawings using Bluebeam.
• Attending project handover meetings with surveying, design, and management teams for secured work.
• Maintaining detailed and accurate records of tender submissions, queries, and RFIs.
• Demonstrating strong knowledge of over-18m non-combustible cladding systems and fire barrier requirements.
• Presenting professionally with strong telephone communication skills.
• Preparing tender bids and compiling information from incoming enquiries.
• Meeting clients on-site to discuss requirements and negotiate pricing.
• Working on projects ranging in value from £200k to £4M+.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with key clients.
• Researching and sourcing costs for materials, labour, and equipment.
• Supporting the document controller in obtaining subcontractor and supplier quotations.
• Assisting with the preparation of technical submittals for awarded projects.
• Providing support to the design team where required on secured projects.

Position Requirements

A minimum of 5 years' estimating experience in flat roofing systems is preferred, including but not limited to:

• Manufacturers such as Bauder, Radmat, IKO, Axter, and Kemper
• Inverted hot melt systems, including ballasted, paved, green, and blue roofs
• Single ply warm roof systems
• Tapered insulation schemes
• Three-layer felt warm roofs
• A minimum of 5 years' estimating experience in rainscreen cladding is preferred, including but not limited to:
• SFS lightweight framing systems (e.g. Metsec, EOS)
• CWCT-compliant aluminium rainscreen cladding systems
• Cavity barriers and fire stopping systems
• In depth understanding of U-value targets and associated calculations.

Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel, Word, Outlook, and Bluebeam.

Willingness and ability to travel to the office in Waltham Abbey.

Position Remuneration

• Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience
• Regular office hours 8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday
• Christmas Shut down
• Company pension scheme
• Joining a friendly office team, where bespoke design and high-quality customer journey is the standard

This is a great opportunity to join a growing business and where everyone on the team is driven to succeed.

Streamline Search is a technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the United Kingdom. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying to this post you are granting us consent to process your data and contact you in relation to this application.