Dartford
Engineering
Permanent | Full Time
20/07/2025
17/06/2025
15/07/2025
Mechanical Estimator - Dartford - £70,000
📍 Location: Dartford
💼 Full-Time - Days Monday to Friday
💷 Salary: £66,000 + £4,200 Car Allowance + Bonus Scheme
Are you a skilled Mechanical Estimator with a strong background in HVAC and M&E projects? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments, with a keen eye for detail, commercial risk, and project profitability?
Our client – a well-established building services contractor with over 40 years of success – is expanding their team and looking for a talented Mechanical Estimator to support their continued growth. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a reputable company that offers long-term job security, career progression, and genuine investment in your professional development.
You will be required to travel to sites in London.
🔧 Key Skills Required:
- Strong mechanical engineering background with understanding of wider M&E disciplines
- Excellent communication skills across all levels (internal and external)
- High-level organisational and time management abilities
- Energetic, proactive, and self-motivated
- Demonstrated ability to estimate and secure projects up to £5M
- Minimum 5 years' experience in HVAC-led project environments
- Confident working both independently and within a team setting
📋 Core Responsibilities:
- Apply the company’s Bid/No Bid protocols rigorously, escalating where necessary
- Review and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, and site information to produce accurate estimates
- Prioritise and manage multiple deadlines efficiently
- Identify and assess operational and commercial risks prior to bid submission
- Use Ametch to prepare clear, modular estimates covering labour, materials, specialists, and time – delivering compliant scopes and margin targets
- Develop value engineering and alternative bid proposals where appropriate
- Strengthen the subcontractor and supplier network by sourcing and introducing new, skilled options
- Improve and structure the internal costing database to suit varying work types and sizes
- Complete all elements of the Project Handover and Mobilisation Checklist for successful bids
- Flag any variation opportunities or risk items to the delivery team during project handover
- Attend client meetings, tender interviews, and presentations as required
- Support compliance with all Health & Safety requirements and initiatives
💼 What’s on Offer:
- £66,000 base salary
- £4,200 car allowance
- Performance-related bonus scheme
- Opportunity to work on high-profile, high-value projects
- A dynamic, supportive, and ambitious team environment
- Clear pathway for career progression and long-term development
- Comprehensive benefits package