Electrical Estimator in St Albans, Hertfordshire

Electrical Estimator
Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire (office-based)
Salary: £45,000 – £60,000 + benefits (DOE)
Job type: Permanent, full-time

The company

Our client is a long-established NICEIC and ECA approved electrical contractor, trading in Hertfordshire since 1995 and headquartered in St Albans. They employ their own engineers and apprentices directly and deliver commercial installations, planned programmes for housing associations and councils, compliance and testing, fire and emergency lighting, door entry and warden call, and solar PV and EV charging across Herts, Beds, Bucks and London.

The business is growing and run by directors who are hands-on and easy to reach. It also uses its own in-house job management platform, so you’ll be joining a well-organised operation rather than a chaotic one.

The role

Reporting to the Commercial Director, you’ll own the estimating process from enquiry to submission across a mix of commercial, social housing and private projects.

• Price electrical packages from drawings, specifications and site surveys
• Produce accurate take-offs, labour and material build-ups and competitive quotations
• Price planned and reactive programmes for housing providers, including Schedule of Rates (NHF SoR) work
• Cover the full range of services: lighting and power, mains and sub-mains, containment, fire alarms, emergency lighting, door entry, EV and solar PV
• Obtain and assess supplier and subcontractor quotations
• Attend site surveys and tender meetings where required
• Hand over won work to the operations team with clear, workable budgets
• Maintain pricing databases and track tender success rates

About you

• Proven experience as an Electrical Estimator with an electrical or M&E contractor
• Strong technical understanding of electrical installations, ideally with a trade or HNC/HND background
• Confident pricing from drawings and specs, with estimating software experience (e.g. Trimble/Amtech, Causeway or similar)
• Experience with social housing, Schedule of Rates or compliance work is a strong advantage
• Commercially minded, accurate and comfortable working to tender deadlines
• Full UK driving licence

What’s on offer

• £45,000 – £60,000 basic, depending on experience
• Package
• A stable, growing contractor with a strong pipeline and a genuine say in how estimating is run

To apply, send your CV, or call Apex Search and Selection for a confidential conversation.