Job Title: Estimator Reports To: General Manager Department: Paintshop Location: Foston Salary: Negotiable DOE Purpose of the Role: Responsible for estimating and cost calculations to determine the expenses for completing projects or providing products and services to clients. This includes researching costs of materials, transport, labour, and equipment, and working with the department's sales and growth strategies. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Analyse plans, bills of quantities, and other project documentation to estimate costs. Research, source, negotiate, and obtain the best prices and quotes from suppliers and subcontractors. Analyse data affecting costs, such as currency exchange rates and productivity rates. Assess financial, technical, and operational risks of projects. Visit customer sites to gather information and maintain good communication and rapport. Stay updated on the latest paint and specialist coatings technologies. Keep up to date with regulatory and legislative requirements. Decide whether to bid for projects. Work closely with sales and production teams, liaising with customers and suppliers. Keep detailed records and write reports using provided templates. Prepare and submit quotations and cost details for works, ensuring alignment with budgeted gross margin expectations. Assist management with bids for new contracts and support buyer activities. Monitor costs at different project stages to ensure they stay within estimates. Support the General Manager with yearly profit forecasting. Regularly record customer satisfaction and initiate relevant measures. Contribute to continuous improvement of processes and methods within the department. Key Skills & Knowledge: Computer literacy Numeracy Attention to detail Methodical approach to work Commercial awareness Teamworking, relationshipbuilding, and influencing skills Negotiation Communication Organisation and time management Problemsolving Character Profile: Responds positively to departmental needs, sets high standards, and acts professionally. Selfmotivated with a can-do attitude. Good reasoning ability to evaluate opportunities and risks. Flexible, able to embrace and cope with change, and accepts accountability. Comfortable working in a pressurised, everchanging, customer-driven environment. Pragmatic with common sense. Receptive to ideas, able to create options and solutions. Selfdisciplined and effective personal/time planner. Confident, optimistic, with the stamina and drive to meet targets and cope with sustained job demands. Competencies Ensures precision in all tasks and validates accurate and safe work. Listens to feedback from managers and colleagues to improve performance. Actively seeks to understand current capabilities and behaviours for selfdevelopment. Constantly seeks to improve methods and processes, providing practical solutions and ideas. Uses logic, analysis, and tools to define problems and devise effective solutions Makes good decisions based on analysis, experience, judgment, and intuition. Consistently exceeds goals and is a top performer. Effective team member, contributing positively to group efforts