We’re on the lookout for an Estimator to join our well established and respected client based in Loughborough on a full time, permanent basis.

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 (depending on experience).

Hours: 07:45 – 16:45 Monday – Thursday and 07:45 – 14:15 on Friday.

The Role:

As an Estimator, you will be responsible for building and maintaining professional relationships with our clients’ key customers by receiving new enquiries, estimating and converting orders into manufacturing packages for Project Managers. You will relay all aspects in the quotations and clearly define in a hand over to the Project Managers.

Key Responsibilities:

·      Read technical tender drawings.

·      Extract and price materials.

·      Decide best process route for the items to be fabricated for labour pricing purposes.

·      Put times to processes using practical knowledge.

·      Establish supply chain costs to be included in tenders.

·      Generate quotation documents and send to clients.

·      Liaise with customers.

·      Negotiate and complete tenders to sales.

·      Ensure the Company CRM system is accurately maintained in line with Business Development Manager.

·      Build up a consistent system of market prices.

·      Provide a timely response and an exceptional level of service to all enquiries.

·      Build relationships with clients and recognise new business opportunities alongside Business Development Managers.

·      Communicate with Clients and Projects Teams.

·      To build, manage and maintain a substantial pipeline and to ensure that all pipeline activity is accurately documented and kept up to date in the company’s CRM system.

Essential Requirements:

·      Proactive and highly organised, with strong time management and planning skills, meticulous attention to detail and a proven ability to multi-task.

·      Ability to carry out responsibilities with minimal supervision and thrive both on own initiative and as part of a team.

·      High level sales experience in a client facing environment.

·      Knowledge of the steel fabrication sector and the industries that feed into it.

·      Established contacts and prospects relevant to the steel fabrication sector.

·      Strong IT Skills

·      Excellent financial and numerical skill and sound commercial awareness

·      Ability to read and understand technical drawings

If you are looking for the next step in your career with a well-established and respected local company, then apply for this role now!

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