Mechanical Estimating Manager

Kane Group; Banbridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kane Group, a well-established building-services contractor, invites applications for a Mechanical Estimating Manager role at our Banbridge Head Office. Lead the mechanical estimating team, review tenders, and ensure accurate, commercially robust pricing aligned with client and internal standards.

The role requires strong leadership, extensive estimating experience in building services, and collaboration with procurement and design stakeholders to optimise supply chain and value engineering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in building services estimating or related technical roles.
• Experience preparing/me reviewing mechanical estimates in MS/ME environment.
• Leadership experience managing estimators or senior estimators.

Responsibilities

• Review tender documentation and identify scope, risks, exclusions and opportunities.
• Allocate tenders across estimating team and ensure on-time delivery of high-quality estimates.
• Review and approve estimates for accuracy and alignment with company standards.

Skills

Leadership

Pricing strategy

Drawing interpretation

Estimating software

Communication

Travel flexibility

Driving licence

Contract documentation

Education

Degree in Building Services / Engineering

Tools

4Projects

Amtech

Job description

Kane Group are an established, and successful multi-disciplinary building-services solution contractor, with our Head Office based in Banbridge, Northern Ireland.

We're an innovative, forward-thinking company with continued steady growth serving residential, hospitality, education, commercial and healthcare sectors with offices in Northern Ireland, London, Birmingham, Glasgow and the Republic of Ireland.

We are actively seeking a Mechanical Estimating Manager to join our team in our Head Office in Banbridge, Northern Ireland.

| KEY RESPONSIBILITIES |

• Review and interpret tender documentation, ensuring scope, risks, assumptions, exclusions and opportunities are identified and communicated to the Bid Manager and wider bid team.
• Allocate tenders across the estimating team, ensuring appropriate resource and workload balance to deliver high-quality estimates on time.
• Ensure the Estimating team prepare tender deliverables in line with client and Invitation to Tender (ITT) requirements and internal procedures.
• Review, challenge and approve (internally) estimates prepared by the estimating team to ensure accuracy, consistency, compliance and alignment with company estimating standards prior to internal adjudication with the Bid Manager.
• Challenge pricing assumptions, exclusions, risk allowances, and value engineering proposals.

Estimate Quality & Governance

• Maintain oversight of estimating systems ensuring data accuracy.
• Ensure estimating activities are conducted in accordance with company procedures and risk governance requirements.
• Attend and contribute to pre-tender, mid-tender, bid reviews, progress updates and adjudications.
• Support internal and external audits relating to estimating activities.

Stakeholder & Supply Chain Engagement

• Work with the Procurement Department to support the mechanical supply chain strategy by maintaining and developing relationships with preferred suppliers, specialist subcontractors and supply and fit subcontractors/partners, ensuring competitive and reliable supply chain engagement during tender activities.
• Collaborate with pre-construction, design, commercial, and other stakeholders to ensure estimates are aligned and meet client and company requirements.
• Support senior estimators in resolving complex technical and commercial supply chain issues.
• Represent the business at mid‑tender, post‑tender, and key client meetings where required.
• Support bid adjudications and senior management reviews presenting estimating assumptions, risk allowances, exclusions and pricing recommendations.
• Support the Bid Manager with post-tender clarifications, value engineering proposals and revised pricing requirements, ensuring estimating outputs remain accurate, commercially robust and aligned with client requirements.
• Contribute to post-bid reviews and implement agreed improvements within the estimating function to enhance estimating quality, consistency and tender performance.

Leadership & Development

• Lead, manage and develop the mechanical estimating team, setting objectives, monitoring performance and building capability through coaching, mentoring and structured development.
• Provide technical and commercial leadership across the estimating team and act as the primary point of escalation for complex mechanical estimating and tender-related matters.
• Identify training and development needs across the estimating team and support initiatives that improve individual and team performance.

| QUALIFICATIONS |

• Relevant qualification in building services, construction, engineering or a related discipline - whether through degree, HNC/HND, apprenticeship, trade background, or equivalent vocational route.

| EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE |

• 5+ years’ experience in the building services and/or construction industry gained through estimating, engineering, trade or other relevant technical roles.
• Extensive technical and commercial knowledge of mechanical building services systems.
• Demonstrable experience preparing and reviewing mechanical estimates within a building services or construction environment.
• Experience managing Senior Estimators, Estimators or other technical estimating personnel.
• Proven estimating experience within an M&E environment.

| ABILITIES & SKILLS |

• Strong leadership and people management capability.
• Strong commercial awareness including pricing, risk, and value engineering.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, and contract documentation.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks to tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and decision-making skills.
• Strong IT skills with working knowledge of estimating/bid software.
• Ability to travel throughout the UK and Ireland for meetings.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Ability to use company software packages, such as 4Projects and Amtech.

Kane is an Equal Opportunities Employer.