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Estimator
Braintree, Onsite – office based
About the Role
Reporting to the Estimating & Sales Manager you will support the special structures department in preparing quotations for a variety of steelwork enquiries, and preparation of technical and commercial proposals for tendering purposes.
You may occasionally attend business meetings but primarily work within the office to quantify steel work from drawing packages.
Responsibilities
- Working from technical drawings and specifications to deliver effective pricing estimations of steelwork enquiries for the special projects team.
- Read technical drawings and specifications to produce accurate take offs.
- Liaise with both internal and external resource (where appropriate) to ensure accuracy of tender pricing models.
- Assist when needed with tender governance meetings.
- Produce and maintain tender response, pricing, and compliance documentation.
- Where required, support sales heads attendance at meetings with customers, and participation in engineering and commercial discussions.
- Assist when needed with handing over successful tenders to the operational delivery team.
Experience required
- Experience in working in a structural and construction sector.
Required Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skill set and Microsoft package.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate effectively to both technical and nontechnical.
- Competent with the use of web browsing tools for online research purposes.
- Enthusiastic, proactive, and organised individual with initiative.
About the Company
Swann Engineering Group has a proven track record in bespoke engineering projects of any size in any sector from telecommunications outdoor media, structural and architectural, floodlighting & gantries and defence and radar solutions. With our Head office based in Braintree, Essex, and a headcount of 120 employees we are a trusted partner to the UK’s leading mobile network operators, including EE/BT, Vodafone, 3UK, VMO2, and telecommunications infrastructure owners, MBNL, Cornerstone, Cellnex, WIG as well as NATS and BAE. Swann Engineering have a strong working relationship with businesses in the national housebuilders and construction sector.
Swann Engineering Group is an ethical and forward-thinking group where we want our vision and values to not only shape our people but also the environment around us. Our strength comes from our effective corporate governance, diversity of specialist skills and experience but most of all, our excellence in managing all aspects of the product lifecycle under one roof including design, manufacture, installation, maintenance and customer support.
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