**Sales / Estimating Engineer / Leighton Buzzard / £35k+
Competitive Salary and Benefits Package
Full-Time / Permanent
Are you an experienced Mechanical Engineer, Production Planner, or Sales / Estimating Engineer with CNC Machining knowledge? Can you produce customer quotations to deadlines, successfully plan machining operation sequences, and understand and identify efficient machining methods? If so, this opportunity is for you!
Our Client is a long-established, reputable engineering company based in Leighton Buzzard, known for its family feel, personable culture, and strong focus on relationships, service, and customer satisfaction. We care for our people, building the right team with the right personalities and providing help and training where needed. We offer long-term opportunities for personal and professional growth in a friendly, fast-paced, and enjoyable environment.
Hours:
Monday to Thursday: 08:00am to 5:00pm
Friday: 08:00am to 2:30PM
**Responsibilities:
- Receive, review, and reply to Customer RFQs and their technical queries.
- Create timely and accurate estimates and quotations from customer enquiries and technical drawings.
- Liaise with customers over the phone and via email, regarding technical and non-technical questions, providing a client-centric service.
- Produce quotations to deadlines, estimating all machining, materials, and inspection times for in-house elements, and incorporate externally sourced elements such as sub-contract when applicable.
- Develop new and existing supplier relationships.
- Understand and identify machining methods of manufacture and select accurate cycle times (CNC Turning & Boring experience a distinct advantage).
- Liaise with Production, Engineering, and Quality teams to ensure accuracy and feasibility.
**Experience and Qualities Required:
- Extensive experience within precision engineering with extensive knowledge of machine capabilities and machining practices.
- Ability to read and translate technical drawings is essential.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Computer literacy is essential.
- Excellent interpersonal, communicative, listening, and negotiation skills.
- Pride in your work and a keen interest in the company's resulting performance.
- Loyalty, commitment, and drive to enhance the performance of the business.
- Ability to use own initiative as well as working collaboratively as part of a team.
- Effective time management skills with the ability to prioritise.
**Package and Benefits:
- Salary range is dependent on skills, experience, and proven track record.
- Full-time, permanent office-based role
- Holidays: 20 days + 8 Bank Holidays + additional Christmas shutdown from midday on the 23rd of December to the 3rd of January each year.
- NEST Pension Scheme.
- Westfield Health Care Scheme.
- Free parking.
- Excellent working conditions and a true team environment.
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