West Sussex

Technical Estimator

Full Time – Permanent

The Company

Our client is a multi-million pound turnover Engineering business that has seen exceptional growth in the past few years. Operating across a wide range of sectors including Automotive and Healthcare they are currently looking for a Technical Estimator to join their team based at their local offices

The Role     

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Technical Estimator will be responsible for playing a key role in responding to RFP’s, the submission of quotations and tenders on behalf of the company.  You will also be interacting with customers directly and fulfil their requirements. You will also work with a team to ensure accurate estimates are provided and that jobs are costed as per instruction.       

On a day to day basis you will:

Ensure stable, transparent, and traceable market driven cost structures and provide accurate costing and pricing figures to the company's business development team           
Support the development, implementation and optimization of market driven costings and manage and analyse all materials against a project           
Estimate for costs based on customer enquiries            
Estimate simple manufacturing and assembly times.           
Obtain material, bought out and lead-times.           
Produce accurate costing estimates in response to customers / product developments           
Read and assessing 2D and 3D drawings confidently.           
Ensure that Customer expectations are met and exceeded and identify areas for improvement           
Prepare of quotes/submission, putting bids together.           
Liaise with internal colleagues regarding product set-up, routings, and other technical aspects         

Who would suit this role?

Ideal candidates will have previously worked in a similar Estimating role within the Engineering sector and ideally have experience within a company that manufactures products for the Healthcare, Automotive or Aerospace sectors.

Successful candidates will have the ability to work to deadlines, work well within teams and be proficient in the use of MS Office programs, particularly Excel 

What’s in it for you?

In return, successful candidates for this Technical Estimators position will receive a strong basic remuneration of £32k - £37k. You will be working Monday – Friday 8am – 4.30pm with this role being 100% site based daily. You will also receive a contributory pension and 28 days holiday.

 If you are interested in this position, please apply online with your CV.

OASPERM

 Established in 1995, OA Group is an independently owned recruitment agency specialising in the supply of temporary, contract and permanent placements. OA Group are committed to placing the right candidate in the right job every time and pride ourselves in outstanding levels of Candidate Satisfaction.

Thank you for your interest in this position. It is with regret that we are unable to respond personally to each individual application due to the high volume of CVs we receive on a daily basis. However, your application will be reviewed by one of our qualified consultants within the next 48 hours. If you do not hear from us within this time period, you have unfortunately been unsuccessful on this occasion