Estimator, Engineering

Our client is a small but growing UK manufacturer in the metals industry, supplying some of the most demanding industries in the world — defence, telecoms, marine and general engineering.

This role sits at the centre of an exciting period of growth, with a genuine opportunity to play a key role in a growing business rather than just fit into an existing one.

What's on offer

* £40,000 – £45,000 depending on experience

* Strong bonus potential of up to 30%

* Group profit share scheme

* Pension scheme

* A genuinely varied, high-ownership role in a business investing in its future

The role

This is a rare, full-spectrum technical estimating role. You won't just be putting together quotes — you'll own the whole journey from enquiry through to order and delivery:

* Reviewing customer enquiries and technical specifications, working out material, process and testing requirements

* Estimating and costing jobs, sourcing material from suppliers where needed

* Preparing and issuing quotations, negotiating where required and processing orders through to delivery

* Building close working relationships with the production team to make sure what's quoted can be made, on time and to spec

* Acting as a key point of contact for customers — this is customer service and technical support as much as it is estimating

About you

* Come from a manufacturing or engineering background — ideally from a smaller, subcontract or precision engineering environment where you've had to wear more than one hat (estimating, technical, customer-facing)

* Comfortable interpreting technical drawings, specifications and customer requirements

* Methodical and precise: small errors here can have real consequences once something reaches the shop floor

* Confident communicating with both customers and internal production teams

* Knowledge of tube manufacturing or non-ferrous metals (brass, copper, copper-nickel, aluminium) is a bonus, not a requirement

* Happy to be based on-site, with occasional customer visits (mileage paid)

If you've been the person at a smaller manufacturing business who ends up doing a bit of everything from estimating, quoting, chasing suppliers to keeping customers happy, this could be a natural next step.

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