Fabrication Estimator

AmcoGiffen; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Car allowance

25 days annual leave

Job summary

AmcoGiffen is seeking an experienced Estimator for its Barnsley fabrication operation. You will convert technical drawings into winning commercial opportunities while supporting growth across the UK.

You will join a growing team in a high-investment business unit with a strong order book, contributing to bidding, cost estimation, and supplier engagement. This role offers exposure to diverse steel fabrication projects and career progression.

Qualifications

• Experience in an Estimator role within steel fabrication, structural steelwork, heavy engineering, manufacturing, or related sector.
• Strong ability to interpret engineering and fabrication drawings.
• Good commercial awareness and understanding of project costing principles.
• Excellent attention to detail and numerical accuracy.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience preparing competitive tenders and quotations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate estimates and detailed cost plans for fabrication and steelwork projects.
• Interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Obtain and evaluate supplier and subcontractor quotations.
• Assess material, labour, plant, and manufacturing costs.
• Identify commercial risks and opportunities within tender submissions.
• Support contract reviews and negotiations with customers and suppliers.
• Work closely with fabrication, procurement, and project delivery teams.
• Develop relationships with existing and prospective customers.
• Contribute to business development initiatives and growth strategies.
• Monitor market conditions, material pricing, and industry trends.
• Support continuous improvement of estimating processes and systems.

Skills

Estimating

Steel fabrication

Drawing interpretation

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Job description

Estimator (Steel Fabrication & Manufacturing)

Location

Barnsley, South Yorkshire

What's in It for You

• Competitive salary (DOE)
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Medicash Health Cash Plan & Rewards
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Clear career progression opportunities
• Supportive and inclusive working environment
• Employee forums that ensure your voice is heard
• Opportunities to contribute to a rapidly growing business with long-term career prospects

Help Shape the Future of a Growing Steel Fabrication Business

Are you an experienced Estimator with a background in steel fabrication, heavy engineering, or manufacturing?

Do you enjoy turning technical drawings into winning commercial opportunities while playing a key role in business growth?

We're looking for a commercially minded Estimator to join our expanding in-house fabrication operation in Barnsley. This is an opportunity to be part of an ambitious business unit with significant investment, a strong order book, and a clear strategy for continued growth across the UK.

Working within a highly skilled fabrication team, you'll contribute to a diverse range of structural steel and fabricated engineering projects, supporting both internal business units and external customers across multiple sectors.

Why Join Us

Our fabrication business has rapidly established itself as a trusted supplier of complex steelwork and heavy fabrication solutions. With ambitious plans for further expansion, we're looking for talented people who want to make a genuine impact and help shape future success.

As Estimator, your expertise will directly influence business performance, project success, and new customer development.

The Opportunity

Reporting into the Fabrication Management Team, you'll take ownership of the estimating process from enquiry through to bid submission.

You will assess drawings, specifications, and client requirements to prepare accurate and competitive cost estimates while working closely with procurement, operations, and commercial teams.

This is a highly visible role offering exposure to clients, suppliers, and key stakeholders across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate estimates and detailed cost plans for fabrication and steelwork projects.
• Interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Obtain and evaluate supplier and subcontractor quotations.
• Assess material, labour, plant, and manufacturing costs.
• Identify commercial risks and opportunities within tender submissions.
• Support contract reviews and negotiations with customers and suppliers.
• Work closely with fabrication, procurement, and project delivery teams.
• Develop relationships with existing and prospective customers.
• Contribute to business development initiatives and growth strategies.
• Monitor market conditions, material pricing, and industry trends.
• Support continuous improvement of estimating processes and systems.

Essential

What We're Looking For

• Previous experience in an Estimator role within steel fabrication, structural steelwork, heavy engineering, manufacturing, or a related sector.
• Strong ability to interpret engineering and fabrication drawings.
• Good commercial awareness and understanding of project costing principles.
• Excellent attention to detail and numerical accuracy.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience preparing competitive tenders and quotations.

Desirable

• Knowledge of structural steel fabrication processes.
• Experience working with commercial forms of contract.
• Exposure to rail, infrastructure, civils, or construction-related projects.
• Business development or client-facing experience.
• Understanding of procurement and supply chain management.

The Person

You’ll be commercially driven, organised, and motivated by delivering results. You’ll enjoy collaborating with others while also being confident working independently to manage multiple opportunities and deadlines.

Most importantly, you’ll be excited by the opportunity to join a growing business where your contribution will be recognised and your ideas will help shape future success.

About AmcoGiffen

AmcoGiffen is a leading engineering contractor delivering complex infrastructure solutions across rail, civil engineering, power, water, aviation, flood defence, and other highly regulated sectors. The Barnsley fabrication facility plays a vital role in supporting projects nationwide while continuing to expand its external customer base and specialist fabrication offering.

Why AmcoGiffen

You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.

Health & Wellbeing

Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.