The Opportunity

Our client is a leading M&E Contractor. Continued expansion in their Retail Division has created a new opportunity for an experienced Electrical Estimator. The role of the Retail Electrical Estimator is to support the Retail department by overseeing and conducting all aspects of estimating within this department.

The Position

As the Electrical Estimator you will be responsibly for

• Preparing work to be estimated by gathering proposals, plans, specifications, and related documents.
• Identifying labour, material, and time requirements by studying proposals, plans, specifications, and related documents.
• Compiling costs by analysing labour, material, and time requirements.
• Resolving discrepancies by collecting and analysing information.
• Presenting prepared estimates by assembling and displaying numerical and descriptive information.
• Preparing special reports by collecting, analysing, and summarising information and trends.
• Maintaining cost data base by entering and backing up data.
• Maintaining a log of all estimates coming into and leaving the business and analyses win/ loss rates and reasoning.
• Maintaining technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing technical publications.
• Supporting the business in anyway necessary as appropriate when requested by Directors or Management.

The Person

• The ideal candidate will have previous retail estimating experience, ideally working with food retailer clients.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer-facing skills.
• Have an understanding of food retailer client’s requirements.
• Good administration skills.
• Have good organising skills.
• Have problem solving skills.
• Be able to work accurately, with good attention to detail.
• Be able to use databases, spreadsheets, word processing and excel.
• Excellent numeracy skills.

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