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SalaryPosition : 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
