Job Description:

Job Title: Estimator (Passive Fire)
Location: Kent
Salary: Competitive + benefits

We are pleased to be working with a leading specialist contractor in passive fire protection, delivering high-quality fire stopping, fire doors, and compartmentation works across a wide range of sectors including residential, healthcare, education, and commercial projects. With a strong reputation for safety, compliance, and excellence, they pride themselves on their commitment to protecting lives and property through superior workmanship.

Responsibilities:

• Provide all information necessary for inclusion within the written bid submission.
• Liaise with subcontractors/suppliers to obtain competitive/accurate quotations for specialist elements of the works.
• Visit prospective projects to verify information contained within clients contract documentation and obtain any further information required to produce the tender.
• Liaise with the Programme Manager to ensure all necessary information is provided for the production of the final tender programme.
• Attend pre-contract handover meetings, all necessary bid meetings and client meetings as requested throughout the tender process.

Experience:

• You will have a proven track record of producing the commercial pricing.
• Knowledge of Passive Fire projects either acting as main contractor or included in a wider bid
• You will have strong experience in pricing NEC/JCT contracts.
• Understanding of various forms of Procurement Process - including framework bids.
• Knowledge of system estimating software
• Preparation of notes and clarifications for tender submissions
• Demonstrate ability in the pricing of tender Preliminaries
• Ability to resource the tender through the in-depth experience of Supply Chain capacity