Job Title: Mech Estimator / Cost Engineer

Location: Bristol

Pay: £45,000.00-£55,000.00 per year plus benefits.

• Complete mechanical estimating for projects and workshop fabrication work from enquiry through to tender submission and project handover
• Carry out detailed take-offs from mechanical drawings and specifications (essential)
• Build and maintain labour and material costs using estimating software in line with company standards
• Develop comprehensive cost build-ups including:
  • Workshop and site labour
  • Materials, pipework, fittings and consumables
  • Plant, equipment and logistics
  • Subcontractors and specialist services
  • Overheads and margins
• Review tender documentation to ensure full scope clarity, identifying risks, exclusions, assumptions and commercial exposure
• Maintain estimating templates, labour norms and cost benchmarks

• Work closely with the Workshop Manager to ensure estimates reflect actual fabrication capacity, productivity and sequencing
• Collaborate with Project Managers and the Commercial team to align pricing with delivery methodology and site conditions
• Obtain competitive and compliant quotations from suppliers and subcontractors
• Support post-tender negotiations, value engineering and client clarifications
• Lead or support structured project handovers with clear scope and cost breakdowns

• Protect margins through disciplined pricing and risk management
• Ensure all estimates are accurate, defendable and aligned with company commercial standards
• Support pipeline visibility and workload forecasting
• Ensure tenders are submitted accurately, professionally and on time

• Estimating software (e.g. EES or similar)
• Drawing/PDF review tools (e.g. Bluebeam or similar)
• Tender and pipeline management systems (e.g. or similar)
• MS Teams / Outlook
• Excel (for analysis/reporting as required)

• Proven experience completing take-offs from mechanical drawings and specifications (non-negotiable)
• Experience within mechanical engineering, fabrication, pipework or construction environments
• Strong xbpsjku ability to interpret:
  • Mechanical and GA drawings
  • Fabrication details, schedules and specifications
• Experience building labour and material cost build-ups using estimating systems
• Commercially astute with disciplined margin control
• Organised and methodical, with the ability to work to deadlines
• Confident working independently and managing the estimating process end-to-end

• Experience within offsite fabrication or workshop-based estimating
• Knowledge of mechanical pipework systems (carbon steel, stainless steel, building services)
• Experience supporting post-tender negotiations and value engineering
• Familiarity with estimating system configuration, templates or benchmarking