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Trainee Estimator – Plymouth
Rare Opportunity Alert! Looking to elevate your career in the construction industry? Wanting to join a reputable general construction firm in Plymouth as a Trainee or Assistant Estimator, read on!

You will be working closely with an experienced estimators helping the sales team with proposals, tracking costs, understanding the customer's specifications and calculating the final budget for the project, product or service. Types of refurbishment projects are in Education, Commercial, Retail, Leisure and Healthcare up to a couple hundred thousand.

This really is a rare opportunity so if you are looking for a company who have a healthy pipeline of interesting projects, focus on local works with local suppliers and employees being at the core of their success, wishing to kick start your estimating career or currently estimating and wishing to push to the next level, please do get in touch. 

Responsibilities:

• Supporting with client, consultants, quantity surveyors, and other third parties
• Support potential tenders with commercial team
• Administrate correspondence and tender documentation throughout the supply chain
• Sending out tender enquiries to the supply chain, negotiating and adjudicating quotes
• Obtain pricing in a timely manner to meet with submission deadlines
• Support with various stages of all successful bids to ensure costs are kept in line with the forecast 

• Estimating in construction desirable
• Sales/pricing/tracking costs in construction desirable
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal English
• Highly numerate, uses initiative and solves problems independently
• Full clean driving licence is required, and DBS may be conducted
• Computer literacy skills and the ability to adapt to using company customer relationship management systems