Senior Electrical Estimator / Commercial Manager

Electrical Maintenance & Compliance | Essex (Hybrid)
£85,000+ Basic + Bonus + Car Allowance

The Role

Strong Group is working with a technology-led electrical compliance and maintenance business based in Essex to appoint a Senior Electrical Estimator / Commercial Manager.

This is a senior, high-impact role responsible for leading pricing, estimation, and bid governance across electrical maintenance contracts and tenders. The position reports directly into the Directors and will play a key role in shaping how the business prices, wins, and delivers work.

Initially, the role will remain hands-on with estimating and bid production, transitioning into a more strategic commercial leadership position as the business continues to scale.

This opportunity suits an experienced Electrical Estimator who wants to step beyond pure take-offs and spreadsheets into a trusted commercial leadership role.

The Business

Our client operates in complex and mission-critical electrical environments, delivering compliance, maintenance, and assurance services under long-term contracts and frameworks.

This is not a traditional construction contractor. The business is deliberately structured around systems, data, and repeatable commercial models – not reactive pricing, claims, or conflict-led delivery.

They work with enterprise clients who value professionalism, clarity, and long-term partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Leadership & Governance

• Lead the end-to-end estimating and bid process from bid/no-bid through to handover

• Establish and maintain bid governance (reviews, approvals, sign-off, version control)

• Set pricing rules, margin thresholds, contingency and risk allowances

• Maintain commercial discipline and consistency across all bids

Pricing, Estimation & Bids

• Produce and oversee electrical maintenance quotes and tenders

• Interrogate scope, challenge assumptions, and identify risk or missing information

• Ensure pricing aligns with delivery capability, compliance obligations, and margin protection

• Develop structured pricing models and repeatable estimating approaches

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop the existing commercial support team (currently 4 staff)

• Build scalable processes, templates, and systems as the function grows

• Act as a commercial partner to operations and leadership

Experience & Requirements

• Proven experience as an Electrical Estimator in technically complex environments

• Background in electrical, M&E, maintenance, FM, or compliance-led services

• Strong understanding of electrical systems from a lifecycle and compliance perspective

• Comfortable working with structured commercial models and data

• Practical electrical knowledge with ability to challenge scope (BS 7671 awareness expected)

• Strong Excel and commercial modelling capability

• Experience implementing processes, governance, and standard ways of working

Personal Attributes

• Calm, professional, and commercially grounded

• Low ego, high trust approach

• Values structure, clarity, and long-term thinking

• Comfortable holding standards and making commercial decisions

• Looking to build a long-term career, not chase short-term wins

Package

• Salary from £85,000 (flexible for the right individual)

• Performance-related bonus

• Car allowance

• Hybrid working (Essex office base)

• Laptop & mobile phone

• Pension

• Generous annual leave (23 days + bank holidays + service uplifts)

• Funded training and professional development

• Christmas shutdown

Who This Role Is Not For

• Estimators who thrive on last-minute tenders and chaos

• Claims-led or variation-dependent commercial operators

• Ego-driven or confrontation-heavy environments

• Anyone looking for a short-term stopgap role

How to Apply

This role is being handled exclusively by Strong Group.
All applications and enquiries will be treated in strict confidence.