Overview
Designer And Estimator – York – Huntington
Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for an Designer and Estimator to join our team at our head office in York.
As a Designer and Estimator, your role and remit will be to deliver comprehensive building design, estimating and quotation services with commercial insight and technical accuracy whilst driving margin and efficiencies across the project.
Role Details:
Role Details:
- Annual salary £35,000 – £40,000 dependent on skills and experience. Plus an annual on target bonus of 5%
- Role based: New Lane, Huntington, York, YO32 9PT – Once fully trained you can WFH 1-2 days per week.
- Contract type: Permanent
- Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
In this role you will be required to:
- Deliver compliant drawings and accurate quotations that meet building regulations and standards. Work closely with commercial teams to confirm that design solutions align with commercial targets.
- Ensure all designs and quotations reflect commercial agreements and customer expectations prior to submission.
- Prepare and submit detailed, accurate, competitive and professionally presented quotations to customers within agreed timeframe.
- Coordinate design input to ensure bid costs are accurate and realistic.
- Analyse and benchmark previous schemes against current tenders to inform pricing and design decisions from a commercial perspective.
- Attend project meetings and customer interviews as required to support successful bid outcomes and effective order management.
- Participate in peer reviews of bids prepared by team members, provide independent feedback on accuracy, completeness and competitiveness before final submission.
Benefits & Opportunities
- Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
- A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
- Learning & development opportunities and resources
- Opportunity for career progression
- A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
Our Ideal Candidate
- Minimum GCSE (or equivalent) including Maths and English.
- Relevant design or technical qualification at a minimum of NVQ Level 3.
- Ability to manage multiple projects.
- Experience in a design or technical role.
- Proven experience using Auto CAD and Revit.
- Knowledge of building regulations.
- Competent in using Microsoft packages including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
Skills
- Design Skills, Cost Estimation, Technical Drawing, Project Planning, Material Knowledge, CAD Software, Analytical Skills, Attention to Detail, Problem Solving, Communication Skills.
Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.
We are conducting interviews during, or before, the week commencing TBC.
NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
