Estimator

Simpled Services Ltd; Greater London; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Simpled Services Ltd in Greater London is seeking an experienced estimator/quantity surveyor to price repair, maintenance and refurbishment work from scopes, photos and surveys.

You will check subcontractor prices before quoting, read scopes to identify gaps, and record what was quoted versus actual costs to improve future bids. Fluent English is required, and the role requires comfort with numbers under time pressure.

Qualifications

• Estimating or quantity surveying experience in maintenance, repairs or refurbishment.
• You can read a scope and know what is missing from it.
• Comfortable with numbers under time pressure.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Price repair, maintenance and refurbishment work from scopes, photos and surveys.
• Work to client schedules of rates where the contract uses them.
• Check the subcontractor price before it goes into a quote, not after.
• Keep a record of what we quoted and what it actually cost, so the next price is better.

Skills

Estimating

Quantity surveying

Scope reading

Numerical under pressure

Fluent English

Job description

Every job we take is priced before it runs. Repairs, refurbishments, whole blocks of void properties, and schedules of rates work for housing association clients.

Price too high and we lose the job. Price too low and we do the work for nothing. This seat is the difference between the two.

What the work is

• Price repair, maintenance and refurbishment work from scopes, photos and surveys.
• Work to client schedules of rates where the contract uses them.
• Check the subcontractor price before it goes into a quote, not after.
• Keep a record of what we quoted and what it actually cost, so the next price is better.

What we need from you

• Estimating or quantity surveying experience in maintenance, repairs or refurbishment.
• You can read a scope and know what is missing from it.
• Comfortable with numbers under time pressure.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Salary is discussed on the first call.