Senior Electrical Estimator
5 days ago
Rochester
Job Title: Senior Electrical Estimator Location: Rochester, Kent (Projects across London) Salary: £75,000 – £80,000 + Package The Role • Manage the full tender process from initial enquiry through to submission and post-tender negotiation, • Review tender documentation, drawings, specifications, and employer requirements, • Produce accurate electrical cost plans, estimates, and detailed tender submissions, • Carry out detailed take-offs and measurements from drawings and specifications, • Obtain and analyse supplier and subcontractor quotations, • Identify value engineering opportunities and alternative cost-saving solutions, • Prepare tender adjudication documents and present cost proposals to senior management, • Assess project risks, opportunities, and commercial viability, • Liaise with clients, consultants, and design teams throughout the tender process, • Support project handovers to the delivery team following successful project award, • Maintain and develop relationships with key suppliers, subcontractors, and clients, • Play a key role in developing and improving the pre-construction function The Company • Established, quality-focused electrical contractor delivering commercial installations across London, • Projects include Cat A & B office fit-outs, hospitals, schools, colleges, industrial warehouses, and high-end residential developments, • Growing business with a strong reputation and long-term client relationships, • Close-knit, collaborative team environment, • Office based in Rochester, Kent, offering London projects without the daily commute, • Strong pipeline of secured and negotiated work The Ideal Candidate • Proven experience as an Electrical Estimator within an electrical or M&E contracting environment, • Strong technical understanding of electrical building services installations, • Experience pricing commercial electrical projects from £100k to £5m+, • Ability to accurately interpret drawings, specifications, and tender documentation, • Strong commercial awareness and attention to detail, • Experience using estimating software and Microsoft Excel, • Excellent communication and negotiation skills, • Organised, proactive, and capable of managing multiple tenders simultaneously, • Ambitious and motivated to progress within a growing business What You'll Get • Salary between £75,000 – £80,000, • Car allowance, • Phone and laptop provided, • Clear progression opportunities within a growing business, • Opportunity to help shape and develop the estimating function, • Small, senior team environment with direct access to decision-makers, • Long-term career prospects with a well-established contractor Process • Apply for the role, • Initial confidential discussion to explore your background and ambitions, • Submission to client (if aligned), • 1–2 stage interview process, • Offer and onboarding