Roofing Estimator

Roofing / Facade Estimator needed in East London.The successful candidate will be expected to prepare tenders and undertake take offs from construction drawings, reading drawings, understanding specifications and using excel to a good standard.



Undertaking accurate take offs from construction drawings with a knowledge of Bluebeam estimating software being an advantage.


Calculating rates including labour, material costs and preliminary items.


Populating client bills of quantities and pricing schedules.


Preparing scope marked up drawings using Bluebeam
For secured projects attending handover meetings with surveying, design and management.


Maintaining accurate records of tender submissions, tender queries and RFI’s.


We would expect the successful candidate to be well versed in over 18m non combustible cladding solutions and fire barriers.


An understanding of target u values and calculations would be expected.


Good professional telephone skills with smart appearance.


Preparing tender bids and collating information from enquiries received.


Meeting client on-site to negotiate best price and understand requirements.


Project values will range from 200k to £4M plus.


Developing and maintaining relationships with key clients.


Researching materials, equipment and labour costs.


Assist our document controller with gathering quotes from sub-contractors and suppliers.


Assist our document controller with technical submittals for secured projects.


Some assistance may be required with our design department on secured projects.


Computer literate- especially in Excel, Word, Outlook and Bluebeam.


Will travel to our office in Waltham Abbey, with the possibility to eventually work at home occasionally for the right candidate.


The successful candidate will report to the estimating director with any technical and labour queries and discuss their bids before they are submitted to clients.



Minimum experience requirements.



5 years estimating experience in all types of flat roofing preferred and should include but not be limited to:
Manufacturers- Bauder, Radmat, IKO, Axter, Kemper.


Inverted hotmelt solutions, including ballasted, paved, green and blue roof systems.


Single ply warm roofs.


Tapered insulation schemes.


Three layer felt warm roofs.


Cold applied liquids.


5 years estimating experience inrainscreen cladding preferred and should include but not be limited to:

SFS lightweight framing systems eg.

Metsec, EOS
CWCT Aluminium rainscreen cladding systems.


Cavity / fire barriers.



Please apply with your most up to date CV and you will be contacted.