Hybrid Passive Fire Estimator for Doors & Stopping

London Fire Solutions; Brompton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

Life insurance

Health and wellbeing programme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discount scheme

Progression opportunities

Growing, well-established business

Job summary

London Fire Solutions is seeking an experienced Passive Fire Estimator to price and win work across fire door, fire stopping and maintenance streams. Hybrid role with 2 days in our Gillingham office and the rest from home, plus site visits as required.

You will take off from drawings and surveys, build up rates, and work with suppliers and our bid teams to secure contracts. Join a growing business with ambitious expansion plans through 2030, manufacturing doors at our Kent facility and offering

Qualifications

• Proven estimating experience within the passive fire protection industry.
• Strong in fire doors or fire stopping; experience in both is advantageous.
• Good understanding of fire door standards and current fire safety legislation.
• Confident reading drawings and specifications; producing accurate take-offs.
• Strong commercial judgement; aware of price risks.
• Organised, methodical, able to juggle several enquiries against deadlines.
• Strong Excel skills and clear written communication.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Price fire door installation, replacement and remedial works, fire stopping and maintenance contracts
• Take off from drawings, surveys and specifications, and query anything that doesn't stack up
• Build up rates covering labour, materials, plant, access and preliminaries
• Work with our factory on doorset pricing, and with suppliers and subcontractors for competitive quotations
• Attend site visits, pre-tender meetings and client meetings as needed
• Work with the bid team on tender submissions and framework opportunities
• Hand won work over cleanly to operations with a clear, well-documented pricing basis
• Review completed jobs against estimate and feed the lessons back into future pricing

Skills

Estimating

Take-off from drawings

Excel proficiency

Reading drawings

Tools

Calwin

HubSpot

Job description

London Fire Solutions is seeking an experienced Passive Fire Estimator to price and win work across fire door, fire stopping and maintenance streams. Hybrid role with 2 days in our Gillingham office and the rest from home, plus site visits as required.

You will take off from drawings and surveys, build up rates, and work with suppliers and our bid teams to secure contracts. Join a growing business with ambitious expansion plans through 2030, manufacturing doors at our Kent facility and offering