📢 Estimator – High-End Design & Build Fit Out | Bristol
💼 Salary: Competitive + Package (DOE)
📍 Location: Bristol
🏗️ Sector: Construction | Design & Build | High-End Fit Out | Commercial Interiors
🕵️ ♂️ For my client – a respected regional construction business launching a brand new business unit focused on high-end design & build fit out projects
Are you an Estimator with a passion for high-quality interiors and design-led construction? Do you want the opportunity to join a business at the very start of a new division and play a key role in shaping how it operates and grows?
I’m working with a well-established regional contractor that is launching a new Bristol-based business unit to focus exclusively on high-end design & build fit out projects. With strong backing from the wider business and a clear growth strategy in place, they are now looking to appoint an Estimator to support the development and success of this new venture.
This is a rare opportunity to get in early, influence processes, and become a key commercial voice within a design-led environment.
🏗️ The Role
As Estimator, you will be responsible for preparing competitive, accurate tenders for high-end design & build fit out projects, working closely with pre-construction, design, and delivery teams.
You’ll be involved early in the project lifecycle, helping shape solutions, manage risk, and contribute to winning work in a quality-driven, relationship-focused market.
Key responsibilities include:
- Preparing cost plans and tenders for high-end D&B fit out projects
- Reviewing drawings, specifications, and design information
- Engaging with the supply chain to obtain competitive subcontractor pricing
- Identifying risks, opportunities, and value engineering options
- Supporting bid strategy and tender presentations
- Working closely with design, commercial, and delivery teams
- Contributing to the development of estimating processes for the new business unit
✅ Ideal Candidate Profile
- Proven experience as an Estimator or Senior Estimator within construction or fit out
- Strong background in design & build and/or high-end fit out projects
- Commercially astute with strong attention to detail
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, evolving environment
- Strong communication skills and collaborative mindset
- Experience with commercial interiors, CAT A / CAT B, or bespoke fit out projects (desirable)
💰 What’s on Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunity to join a brand new business unit at an early stage
- High level of influence over processes, supply chain, and ways of working
- Work on high-quality, design-led fit out projects
- Clear progression as the business unit grows and develops
📩 Interested?
If you’re an Estimator looking for a genuinely exciting opportunity to help build a new high-end fit out division within a respected regional contractor, get in touch for a confidential discussion.
Early interest is encouraged as this is a key strategic hire.