Position : Mechanical Estimator

Sector : Engineering

Location : Sheffield

Salary : £45,000 - £50,000 plus company car

Your role will be to support the Mechanical department for a Sheffield Engineering services business - overseeing all aspects of estimating within this department.

Your responsibilities will include:

* Prepares work to be estimated by gathering proposals, plans, specifications, and related documents.

* Identifies labour, material, and time requirements by studying proposals, plans, specifications, and related documents.

* Compile costs by analysing labour, material, and time requirements.

* Resolves discrepancies by collecting and analysing information.

* Presents prepared estimates by assembling and displaying numerical and descriptive information.

* Prepares special reports by collecting, analysing, and summarising information and trends.

* Maintains cost data base by entering and backing up data.

* Maintains a log of all estimates coming into and leaving the business and analyses win/ loss rates and reasoning.

* Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing technical publications. * Support the business in anyway necessary as appropriate when requested by Directors or Management.

About you:

* Excellent interpersonal and customer-facing skills;

* Good administration skills;

* Enjoy working with people;

* Have good spoken and written communication skills;

* Respect the importance of confidentiality, as you will be dealing with employees' personal details;

* 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