Estimator & Bid Specialist – Building Envelope
Location: Edgware
Remuneration: £40,000 - £45,000 + discretionary bonus
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package
Responsibilities
- Estimator & Bid Specialist position dealing with the estimating and bid process from across curtain walling, windows, doors, cladding, Structural Steel Fabrication (SFS), glazing, and metal work
- Prepare accurate and competitive façade tenders, including detailed quantity take-offs, cost plans, risk allowances, and structured bid submissions.
- Manage end-to-end tender processes, coordinating internal teams (design, commercial, procurement, operations) to ensure timely and compliant submissions.
- Engage and negotiate with suppliers and subcontractors, benchmarking quotations to ensure commercial competitiveness and minimise risk.
- Identify value engineering opportunities, technical risks, scope gaps, and commercial considerations to strengthen bid strategy and profitability.
- Support post-tender negotiations and contract handover, ensuring all assumptions, exclusions, risks, and procurement strategies are clearly documented and communicated.
Qualifications
- Must have 3+ years’ experience estimating façade systems or related such as cladding systems, curtain walling, windows and doors, architectural metalwork, Structural Steel Fabrication (SFS) and associated secondary steel or support systems
- Proven experience working with clients tendering and managing bids
- Knowledge of UK Building Regulations and relevant façade performance standards.
- IT literate (Microsoft Office)
- Excellent planning, organisation, time management skills
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