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Tendering & Estimation – Engineer
Location: Wakefield
Salary: £45,000 - £70,000
BENEFITS
- Company Car allowance / car ownership scheme
- 12% employer pension contribution
- Hybrid working up to 2 days per week
- Expenses covered
Dependent on experience
Position Overview
We are looking to hire a Tendering and Estimating Electrical Engineer to generate precise and efficient cost estimates for UK-based projects. Reporting to the Tendering and Estimating Manager, the key duties include preparing tenders and quotations and securing orders related to our projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Ability to analyse and interpret detailed clients’ requests, drawings and/or specifications
- Identify valued engineered solutions
- Develop accurate and timely estimates, produce clear and detailed quotations
- Attending pre- and post-tender bid meetings with clients and/or their representatives
- Work under deadline pressures in an efficient, composed, and calm manner
- Ability to develop and build good working relationships with clients
- Identify and develop new customers
- Identify new suppliers and contractors to improve safety, performance, and profit
These are the key activities and not a comprehensive list of all duties that you will be expected to carry out. You will need to be flexible and carry out work in other areas as workload and business change dictates.
Key Competencies
- The ideal candidate will be a confident and self-motivated individual with the ability to be innovative whilst still being able to comply with policies and procedures
- Able to manage situations when workload presents conflicting demands on time availability, demonstrating an ability to effectively prioritize, and schedule
- Develop and select effective solutions to problems and to manage risk
- Communicate facts, ideas, and proposals to others in an effective and persuasive manner
- Correspond and negotiate with clients, suppliers, contractors, and colleagues
- Apply Safety, Health and Environmental and Welfare policies and procedures
- Work with others to develop their knowledge and skills
- Prioritize and manage personal workload and deliver tasks to time and quality requirements
- Deliver efficient and effective customer service
Essential qualifications & attributes
HNC (or equivalent) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Knowledge of LV, HV & EHV distribution networks and protection systems
Civil Engineering/Utilities experience
Commercial awareness
Full UK driving license
Desirable qualification & attributes
Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar
Chartered Engineer status
Customer and subcontractor negotiations skills
HV & LV design
CDM
Experience in the utility construction industry with a complete understanding of gas, water, and electric distribution infrastructures
