Interior Fit-Out Sales Estimator (Tenders & Site Visits)

Acorn Partitions & Storage Systems Ltd; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop and mobile phone

On-site gym

Company pension scheme

Job summary

APSS is seeking a proactive Sales Estimator to join our Lincoln team. You’ll handle enquiries, site visits, pricing and tender submissions, and handover into delivery, working with design, commercial and project teams.

Based in Lincoln with nationwide travel, you’ll support bids across office, retail, industrial, education and healthcare sectors, building estimates from drawings and ensuring submissions are clear, competitive and buildable.

Qualifications

• Experience in estimating or sales estimating in construction, fit-out or interiors.
• Strong numerical skills and attention to detail.
• Confident communicator dealing with clients, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Ability to manage workload and meet deadlines with multiple tenders.
• Good IT skills, especially Microsoft Excel; Full UK driving licence preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage incoming enquiries and qualify opportunities.
• Arrange site visits / surveys to understand scope and constraints.
• Measure works from drawings and site information.
• Build estimates and tender submissions (labour, materials, subcontractors, prelims).
• Send out enquiries to subcontractors and suppliers and compare returns.
• Identify risks, assumptions and exclusions clearly within submissions.
• Negotiate with suppliers / subcontractors to secure best value.
• Work with design and delivery teams to ensure the scope is accurate and buildable.
• Present pricing to clients, answer tender queries and support negotiations.
• Maintain an estimating pipeline and keep records up to date.
• Support handover to the project team, including budgets and commercial info.
• Help improve estimating templates and processes as the business grows.

Skills

Numerical skills

Communicator

Microsoft Excel

Driving licence

Time management

Job description

APSS is seeking a proactive Sales Estimator to join our Lincoln team. You’ll handle enquiries, site visits, pricing and tender submissions, and handover into delivery, working with design, commercial and project teams.

Based in Lincoln with nationwide travel, you’ll support bids across office, retail, industrial, education and healthcare sectors, building estimates from drawings and ensuring submissions are clear, competitive and buildable.