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Estimator Precision Engineering

Job Reference: RT21426est

Manufacturing and Production
Chessington, London
£50000 - £60000 per annum
Permanent

Senior Estimating Sales Engineer / Production Engineer required for this respected Subcontract Precision Engineering company working acroos Oil & Gas & Aerospace sectors.

What's in it for you

  • Work for a long-established, world-leading precision engineering business

  • High-complexity work across oil & gas and aerospace customers and standards

  • Senior, influential role spanning estimating, customer interface and production engineering (real impact on margin, delivery and methods)

  • Competitive salary (DOE) + pension, life assurance and company bonus scheme (subject to qualifying period)

  • 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays

  • 38-hour week: Mon-Thu 07:00-16:00 (or 08:00-17:00) with 30 mins lunch; Fri 08:00-12:00

The role
Reporting to the Director, you'll sit at the intersection of sales, estimating and production-delivering accurate, competitive quotations while ensuring manufacturability and operational efficiency. You'll be the technical/commercial link between customers, suppliers and internal production/quality teams.

Key responsibilities
Estimating & commercial

  • Produce detailed cost estimates for CNC machined components/assemblies from RFQs, drawings and specifications

  • Interpret complex drawings including GD&T, tolerances, surface finishes and material requirements

  • Obtain competitive pricing for external processes (e.g. heat treatment, coating, NDT)

  • Support pricing strategy to stay competitive while protecting margin

  • Clarify technical and commercial requirements with customers during quotation

Sales & customer interface

  • Act as technical point of contact for key oil & gas and aerospace customers

  • Build relationships to support repeat and new business

  • Attend customer meetings, technical reviews and support contract negotiations

  • Identify value engineering and cost-reduction opportunities

Production & engineering support

  • Ensure smooth handover into production with planning and quality teams

  • Review manufacturability and advise best machining methods, tooling and processes

  • Support process planning, fixture input and continuous improvement

  • Help resolve production issues and non-conformances

Compliance & quality

  • Ensure alignment with AS9100, ISO 9001 and customer-specific requirements

  • Understand traceability, material certification and regulatory obligations

What we're looking for
Experience

  • 5-10+ years in precision engineering / subcontract machining

  • Estimating and/or production engineering experience

  • Exposure to oil & gas and/or aerospace components and standards

Technical / commercial / personal skills

  • Strong CNC machining knowledge (turning, milling, multi-axis)

  • Confident with complex drawings and GD&T

  • ERP/MRP and estimating software experience

  • Materials knowledge (e.g. Inconel, titanium, stainless steels, duplex)

  • Familiarity with special processes (NDT, coatings, heat treatment)

  • Strong cost analysis and pricing skills; margin/overhead awareness

  • Customer-facing communication, accuracy, proactive problem-solving, able to meet tight deadlines

This is a permanent job. You must have current UK right to work to be considered. HRGO are a recruitment agency supporting UK Manufacturing. We aijm to respond to all applications.

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