Estimation Manager – Joinery & Wooden Doors
Role Overview
The Estimation Manager manages estimation and tendering for joinery and wooden door projects, delivering accurate take-offs, cost calculations, pricing, and timely, commercially viable tenders.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
The Estimation Manager manages estimation and tendering for joinery and wooden door projects, delivering accurate take-offs, cost calculations, pricing, and timely, commercially viable tenders.
Estimation and tendering
- Manage estimates and commercial proposals; review tender documents, drawings, specifications, BoQs, and project requirements.
- Prepare take-offs for joinery, doors, frames, finishes, ironmongery, and related items; identify materials, finishes, construction methods, and technical requirements.
- Estimate materials, labor, manufacturing, finishing, installation, logistics, and other project costs.
- Obtain, evaluate, and negotiate supplier and subcontractor quotations; coordinate with design, technical, procurement, production, and project teams.
- Identify exclusions, qualifications, deviations, assumptions, and commercial risks; prepare tender summaries, comparisons, cost breakdowns, and submissions.
- Monitor tender deadlines, respond to clarification queries, and support negotiations, variations, and post-tender clarifications.
- Maintain material, labor, manufacturing, and installation cost data for future estimates.
Qualifications and experience
- Degree or diploma in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Interior Design, or a related field.
- Requires 7 to 10 years of estimation and tendering experience; joinery, wooden door, or interior fit-out experience is preferred.
- Requires proven experience managing estimates and tenders for large-scale joinery and wooden door projects.
- Experience with contractors, consultants, suppliers, subcontractors, and technical and production teams.
- UAE and GCC project experience is an advantage.
Required skills
- Strong knowledge of joinery, wooden doors, frames, finishes, manufacturing processes, materials, and installation methods.
- Ability to interpret architectural and shop drawings, specifications, BoQs, and tender documents.
- Knowledge of quantity take-off, costing, pricing, tender preparation, and material, labor, manufacturing, installation, and logistics costs.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, MS Excel, and MS Office; ability to manage multiple tenders and deadlines.
- Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills; organized, detail-oriented, and a team player.
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