Apprentice Project Estimator

1 week ago

Sowerby Bridge, United Kingdom J&C Joel Full time

**Company Overview**:
J&C Joel supply, manufacture, and install, a range of products into the entertainment and events industry. The core of our business is flame retardant fabrics, and manufacturing high end technical and decorative drapery. Over the last 15 years we have hugely increased our projects division, which installs a wide range of systems ranging from basic curtain tracks and drapery through to high performance motorised rigging and stage engineering, with sophisticated automation controls.

The company has been trading successfully for over 40 years, with a HQ in West Yorkshire employing over 100 people. We also have satellite offices and operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. You will find our equipment all over the world from school auditoriums to internationally renowned performing arts venues.

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**The Role**:
The Apprentice Projects Estimator will develop within the Estimating team, working alongside experienced Estimators to assess technical documents, including site reports, drawings, and specifications to help recommend the correct components, products, and services to fulfil the requirements of a quote request raised by the sales teams around the business.

This is a process requiring partnership with other departments within the business such as Design, Project Management, and Sales, as well as a variety of suppliers. At the end of this a submission is produced, appropriate to the scale of the job, providing technical and commercial information.

The Apprentice Project Estimator will support the existing team through this process, providing essential administrative support whilst they grow their own knowledge.

This is an exciting opportunity to be exposed to commercial and technical knowledge and training, under the tutelage of experienced mentors. Ultimately helping to produce proposals for a wide variety of interesting performance spaces in the UK and all over the world.

**Key Activities**
- Respond to requests raised by colleagues via an internal software system, ensure all requests are allocated and track appropriate deadlines.
- Evaluate and file site reports, technical specification, and drawings.
- Follow up with suppliers on requests for technical information and pricing.
- Assist in filling out pricing documents using costs of materials and labour.
- Meeting with sales team to assess proposed commercial offers.
- Collect and organise technical and cost information.
- Inputting data into the company ERP system.
- Learn the technical attributes of our key products and the partner suppliers we work with

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**Skills and Attributes**:
We want a driven individual who is keen to learn and develop their skills and build a career.
- Attention to detail
- Confident communicator
- Organised approach to workload
- Good experience of a range of IT software is required.
- Enthusiasm to learn.
- Strong GCSE results
- Work towards Business Administration Level 3 of Project Engineering Level 2

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