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Estimator - Furniture

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Posted 3 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire LS14 1DZ

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The role of Estimator for Furniture is available in Leeds, offering a salary range of £40,000 to £50,000.
  • The position requires over 2 years of experience in the joinery or furniture sector.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for estimating products and services, evaluating incoming inquiries, and interpreting client drawings.
  • Essential skills include attention to detail, strong communication abilities, and proficiency in IT, particularly Excel.
  • The company is a market leader in the Hospitality Industry, manufacturing bespoke furniture for high-profile clients such as Hilton and Marriott.

Estimator- Furniture

Salary Range: £40,000 to £50,000

Leeds LS10, West Yorkshire – driving license essential

Permanent: Full Time

Profile

Our client, based on the outskirts of Leeds, is a market leader in the Hospitality Industry.  They manufacturer and fit out Hotels with bespoke furniture for clients such as Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, Holiday Inn & Crowne Plaza. They are enjoying significant growth and are looking to recruit a furniture estimator.

Job Purpose

You will be responsible for estimating a range of products & services within the company.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Evaluate incoming enquiries to ensure they are in line with company capabilities and capacity.
  • Understanding and interpreting client’s drawings and tender documents.
  • Providing an accurate assessment of the materials and labour required to construct furniture.
  • Interpret client’s design intent to enable best manufacturing methods.
  • Identify and offer value engineer solutions to align with client’s budget and expectations.
  • Revise quotations in response to any design alterations from the client or end-user.
  • Conduct handover meetings with project managers to ensure project is delivered in accordance with the tendered concept and to budget.
  • Continuous interaction with our manufacturing and design teams to advance estimating skills and knowledge.
  • Provide support to designers and project managers during the manufacturing and installation period of all orders.

Essential Skills & qualifications

  • Over 2 years’ experience within joinery/ furniture sector
  • Ability to organise & prioritise tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Actively develops strong relationships with suppliers and colleagues
  • IT Literate- particularly Excel
  • Good communicator, able to communicate at all levels
  • Willingness to learn
  • Flexible approach and can-do attitude.

If you are flexible, ambitious and are looking to progress within a fantastic company, then please send your cv.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.