Estimator

ROLE PURPOSE

Prepare accurate, fully-costed quotations for woodwork, furniture, joinery, and fit-out projects — taking a project fromtender drawings through to final selling price. This is a specialist estimating role, not general quantity surveying: the right candidate understands real furniture and joinery manufacturing costs, not just measurement and pricing.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take projects from tender drawings through BOQ, quantity take-off, materials, hardware, labor, subcontractors,
• finishing, wastage, overhead, and margin to a final quotation
• Prepare BOQs and material take-offs for woodwork, furniture, and joinery scope
• Price materials including MDF, plywood, veneer, solid wood, laminate, and HPL
• Price hardware — hinges, runners, locks, handles, and fittings
• Cost factory labor and site installation labor separately
• Understand CNC and production implications when estimating
• Obtain and compare supplier and subcontractor quotations
• Prepare tender submissions and coordinate with technical office and production during handover

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS

• 3–8 years of total estimating experience, with at least 2–5 years directly estimating woodwork, furniture, joinery, or fit
• out projects — general quantity surveying or MEP estimating experience alone is not a fit
• Able to read AutoCAD drawings, PDFs, and shop drawings
• Strong knowledge of finishing types: paint, lacquer, veneer, stain, and PU
• Advanced Excel and costing-sheet skills; ERP costing/procurement system experience preferred
• Ideally has production or factory-floor exposure, not only desk-based estimating
• Strong English for specifications and tenders

LANGUAGES

Fluent English required for specifications and tenders; Arabic preferred.