Passive Fire Estimator

As Passive Fire Estimator, you will take responsibility for pricing a range of passive fire protection tenders, ensuring accurate and commercially competitive submissions are produced and successfully handed over to the delivery team.

Key Responsibilities

• Pricing tenders for fire stopping and compartmentation packages
• Pricing planned and reactive maintenance contracts across the UK, Ireland, and EU
• Completing detailed take-offs from drawings, surveys, and specifications
• Building accurate rates covering labour, materials, plant, access, and preliminaries
• Liaising with suppliers and subcontractors to obtain competitive quotations
• Attending site visits, pre-tender meetings, and client meetings where required
• Preparing clear and well-documented tender submissions
• Providing a comprehensive handover to the Contracts Team and Quantity Surveyor when work is secured
• Reviewing completed projects against original estimates
• Working closely with the QS to identify lessons learned and improve future pricing
• Managing multiple tender enquiries and ensuring deadlines are met

Ideal Candidate

• Proven estimating experience within the passive fire protection industry
• Genuine technical and commercial competence across firestopping and compartmentation
• Experience with intumescent products and fire doors would be highly advantageous
• Strong understanding of third-party accreditation, fire door standards, and current fire safety legislation would be preferred
• Confident ability to read drawings and specifications and complete accurate take-offs
• Strong understanding of labour, material, plant, access, and preliminaries costs
• Excellent commercial judgement
• Strong supplier and subcontractor negotiation skills
• Highly organised and methodical approach
• Ability to manage multiple enquiries and competing deadlines
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Confident telephone communicator with the ability to engage comfortably with clients, suppliers, subcontractors, and colleagues

Our client is a specialist contractor operating within the passive fire protection sector, delivering fire stopping, compartmentation, fire door, and associated fire protection solutions across a wide range of projects. The business works across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, delivering both project-based fire protection packages and planned/reactive maintenance contracts. Due to continued growth, they are now looking to appoint an experienced Passive Fire Estimator to strengthen their commercial team.

Requirements

• Full UK Driving Licence

What's on Offer

• Salary up to £60,000
• Additional package/benefits
• Opportunity to join a growing specialist passive fire protection contractor
• Exposure to projects across the UK, Ireland, and Europe
• Varied workload covering fire stopping, compartmentation, and maintenance contracts
• Opportunity to take ownership of the estimating function across a diverse range of tenders
• Supportive and commercially focused working environment
• Long-term career progression within a specialist business

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities.

Our recruitment process is designed to ensure equal opportunities for all candidates.

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