Plumbing and Heating Estimator

Banbury | £55,000 to £60,000 per annum | Company car, holidays and pension

Our client is a well established plumbing and heating contractor working across domestic and commercial jobs in Oxfordshire. They’re looking for an estimator to lead their estimating division, build a team around it, starting with an apprentice, and help shape how the business uses AI to price work faster.

You could be on site in the morning measuring up a commercial heating job, then back at your desk in the afternoon getting merchant prices in and following up a domestic quote that has gone quiet.

What you’ll be doing

• Visiting sites and pricing plumbing, heating and drainage work, and air conditioning where it comes up
• Getting merchants to price materials
• Managing costs through each job
• Tracking every estimate from issue to won or lost
• Talking customers through your proposals and helping win new work
• Building the estimating team, starting with an apprentice, and shaping how AI is used to price work

What you’ll need

• Current experience as an estimator
• Domestic and commercial plumbing and heating experience
• Confidence with customers and a sales-minded approach
• A full UK driving licence

Experience pricing air conditioning would be an advantage, but isn’t essential.

What’s on offer

• £55,000 to £60,000
• Company car
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension
• Leading the estimating function, with backing to grow a team

The practical detail
40 hours a week. Office-based in Banbury, with regular site visits to price work across Oxfordshire.

If you’re an estimator with domestic and commercial plumbing and heating experience and want to lead the function rather than feed it, we’d like to hear from you.

Thatcher Associates has been placing technical and engineering professionals since 2000. You’ll speak to a consultant who understands the trade, gets you a straight answer on salary and scope before you commit any time, and keeps you informed throughout, whichever way it goes. All applications are handled in confidence, and nothing goes to a client without speaking to you first.