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  • Location: Folkestone (Typically 4 days in office with 1 site visit per week)
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  • Salary: £60,000 - £70,000neg
  • Job Reference: 869313-2639-2676
  • Date Posted: 17th Mar 2026

Joe Thompson

Recruitment Consultant

01625 527 207

joseph@mitchellmaguire.co.uk

Estimator – Commercial Construction

Job Title: Estimator – Commercial Construction

Job reference Number: 869313-2639-2676

Industry Sector: Estimator, Estimating, Fit Out, Fitout, Strip Out, Refurb, Refurbishment, Remediation, Repair, Finishes, Small Works, M&E, Electrical, Finishes, Painting, Installation, Design & Build, D&B, Office, Supermarket, Shopping Centres, Retail, Commercial, Education, Industrial, Leisure

Commutable to: Folkestone (Typically 4 days in office with 1 site visit per week)

Remuneration: £60,000 – £70,000neg

Benefits: Company car / allowance, gym benefits, company pension & comprehensive benefits package

The role of Estimator – Commercial Construction will involve:

  • Estimator position dealing with range of commercial construction projects including fit-out, strip-out and refurb
  • Interpreting technical drawings, generating & following up quotations
  • Estimating for a range of commercial projects such as; housing associations, shopping centres, within the education sector and on light industrial projects.
  • Negotiating with clients, project managers, quantity surveyors and internal estimating team
  • Producing formal quotations to customers
  • Taking details from drawings to produce BOQs allowing for a timely return of quotations for customer deadlines
  • Keeping good documentation of tenders and quotations on internal database
  • Contacting customers, dealing with queries and providing additional technical information
  • Working on projects ranging in value from £250k to circa £2m+

The ideal applicant will be an Estimator – Commercial Construction with:

  • Must have 5-10 years estimating within the commercial construction industry
  • Must have first principle estimating experience
  • Would be open to someone within strip-out, refurb, fit-out, new build,
  • Good technical knowledge and good understanding of industry processes, materials and costs
  • Ideally would have a quantity surveying degree
  • Stable career, highly organised with good attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
  • IT literate (Microsoft Office)
  • Ability to work in a fast paced environment

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Jobs, Construction vacancies and Specification positions within: Estimator, Estimating, Fit Out, Fitout, Strip Out, Refurb, Refurbishment, Remediation, Repair, Finishes, Small Works, M&E, Electrical, Finishes, Painting, Installation, Design & Build, D&B, Office, Supermarket, Shopping Centres, Retail, Commercial, Education, Industrial, Leisure

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