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MEP Estimator (3 days per week)The Opportunity Hub UK • London, ENG, GB
MEP Estimator (3 days per week)

MEP Estimator (3 days per week)

The Opportunity Hub UK • London, ENG, GB
25 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
Job description

Job Description

The opportunity\n
\nAn established building services contractor is looking for a part-time Estimator to sit at the front end of every project, turning drawings and specifications into accurate, competitive quotations that win work and protect margin. This is a genuine three-day-a-week role, not a full-time job squeezed into fewer hours.\n
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What makes this role different\n
\nThe workload is built around roughly five to ten enquiries a month, so it suits someone who wants steady, focused work rather than a packed diary. Some weeks run busier than others. You would price predominantly mechanical works from drawings and specifications across commercial construction and fit-out projects, and where it helps, visit site to firm up the numbers.\n
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\nGood estimating here rests on judgement as much as arithmetic. Anyone can apply a standard rate. An experienced estimator knows when two hours on paper is really an hour and a quarter on site, and where a price can safely come down. A great deal of the value is simply knowing where to look.\n
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\nThe role would suit an experienced estimator winding down from full-time work who still wants to stay in the game three days a week, or anyone seeking real part-time hours without dropping their standards.\n
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What you'll be doing\n
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  • Price predominantly mechanical works accurately from drawings and specifications
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  • Visit site at tender stage, where the job allows, to inform and firm up your pricing
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  • Revisit pricing post-tender, trimming where a site visit or better information allows
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  • Prepare clear, competitive quotations and turn them around promptly
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  • Advise where a price can and cannot move, and explain the reasoning behind it
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  • Manage your own workload across the week with minimal supervision
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  • Provide support to the post-tender team to assist in procurement
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What good looks like\n
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  • Accurate pricing that wins work without leaving margin on the table
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  • Quotations turned around quickly, so the business can move on live enquiries
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  • Sound calls on where site knowledge can bring a price down, and where it cannot
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What you'll bring\n
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  • Extensive estimating experience in building services or construction (mechanical, plumbing, fit-out or similar)
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  • Ideally a background that came up through the trade, from hands-on work into engineering and then estimating, so you know where real-world costs differ from the book rates
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  • Sharp commercial judgement on where margin sits and where a price can be tightened
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  • Confidence working independently and owning your own diary
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  • UK-based, with solid working knowledge of the UK market and UK pricing
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Location and working pattern\n
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  • Three days a week, with a suggested split of one day in the office for face-to-face review and two days from home
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  • Office based in the Woodford Green area, ideally within a comfortable commute
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  • Fully remote considered for the right person, with the right set-up, as estimating lends itself well to home working
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  • Flexible on exact days and happy to work around the right candidate
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  • Start as soon as suitable
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Why this one is worth a look\n
\nGenuine part-time estimating roles with an established firm are rare. This is steady, respected work that lets an experienced estimator keep their hand in without the full-time grind. The work is varied, the judgement is yours, and the pace is sensible.\n
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