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Senior Electrical Estimator

Job Posted: 4 hours ago

Salary: £ 75,000 - 80,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Rochester, Medway

Expire in: a month

Job Description

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

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