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SOCOTEC UK Limited
Senior Cost Manager/Project Quantity Surveyor - Construction
Turner Townsend
Estimator
Job summary
A leading design and manufacturing specialist in Greater London is looking for an Estimator / Buyer to join their team. The role involves managing costing schedules, preparing RFQs, and collaborating with designers to ensure efficient and cost-effective solutions. Ideal candidates will have experience in estimating and purchasing within a similar industry, and be able to engage effectively with suppliers and technical teams.
Qualifications
- Experience in estimating, purchasing, and value engineering.
- Knowledge of costing methods and market expectations.
Responsibilities
- Manage costing and enquiry schedule.
- Attend meetings to understand market expectations.
- Analyze concept designs for cost-effective solutions.
- Prepare costing sheets for sign-off.
- Create cost estimates using in-house software.
- Make prompt buy decisions with management.
- Prepare and send RFQs to suppliers.
- Value engineer designs to maximize profitability.
Our client is a leading design and manufacturing specialist in retail and brand environments. With a strong heritage and reputation for innovation, they deliver bespoke solutions across displays, fixtures, and point-of-sale for some of the world’s most recognisable brands and retailers.
They’re now looking for an Estimator / Buyer to join their team. This is a varied role working across estimating, purchasing, and value engineering, ensuring concepts are not only creatively exciting but also commercially viable and efficiently produced.
- Managing the costing and enquiry schedule
- Attending meetings and understanding market expectations
- Analysing concept designs and developing practical, cost-effective engineering solutions
- Applying in-house costing methods to balance cost, quality, and efficiency
- Preparing costing sheets for sign-off
- Creating cost estimates using in-house estimating packages
- Making quick make/buy decisions with the Manufacturing Manager and Commercial Director
- Preparing and sending RFQs to suppliers with supporting drawings/specifications
- Value engineering designs to maximise profitability
- Supporting designers with cost parameters during early concept development
- Liaising with technical and purchasing teams at handover meetings
- Supporting sales colleagues in client meetings from a technical/costing perspective
- Conducting post-production analysis to improve future projects
- Managing purchasing activity, placement of orders, and budget tracking
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