Senior Electrical Estimator

Senior Electrical Estimator / Commercial Manager (Pricing, Bids, & Estimation) leading our Commercial Operations, reporting to Directors.

Salary: Negotiable – subject to capabilities and experience.

Test Inc is the UK’s leading provider of electrical compliance, and maintenance services, specialising in complex and critical environments.

We partner with enterprise and mission‑critical clients to manage, maintain, and assure their electrical infrastructure is resilient, efficient, and compliant by developing new to world technologies, data, systems, and process‑driven insight rather than reactive, construction‑led approaches.

We do not operate on a traditional short‑term construction model. We are focused exclusively within the built environment, operating multi‑year contracts, frameworks, and strategic partnerships, underpinned by technology, transparency, and repeatable commercial models.

As we continue to scale across the UK and prepare for international expansion, we are deliberately building a business designed to reject the dysfunction that has become normalised across much of the construction industry.

We are a technology‑led electrical engineering, compliance, service, and maintenance business built for long‑term partnerships - not short‑term wins.

We are commercially disciplined, data‑informed, and systems‑driven. We price work to be delivered properly, sustainably, and repeatedly - not to "win it and worry later".

We work with enterprise and mission‑critical clients who value clarity, professionalism, and calm competence.

We believe estimators are key strategic commercial partners, not spreadsheet operators or convenient scapegoats.

We value long‑term thinking over short‑term margin grabs, collaboration over confrontation, accountability over excuses, and adult conversations over theatrics.

We are building a business - and a team - designed to last and scale, globally.

• We are not a traditional construction contractor, leave your ego at the door.
• We are not a blame culture dressed up as pressure.
• We are not last‑minute tenders thrown over the fence on a Friday afternoon.
• We are not claims‑led, variation‑dependent, or retention‑reliant.
• We are not shouting, chest‑beating, or 'conflict-as-management'.
• We do not normalise poor scoping and "we'll sort it later" pricing, payment delays as a business model, commercial ambushes between departments, or estimators carrying responsibility for structural problems.

If you thrive on chaos, confrontation, or transactional wins, this will not be the right environment for you.

If you value clarity, respect, structure, and long‑term impact, it almost certainly will be.

We are seeking a commercially astute, growth focused leader to drive and develop our commercial operations including Pricing, Estimation, and Bid functions. This is a high‑impact role responsible for establishing robust commercial systems and governance, improving pricing consistency, increasing bid throughput, and protecting margin through disciplined scope control and risk management. You will lead the end‑to‑end estimation and bid process, coordinating inputs from relevant business functions, producing accurate and competitive commercial submissions that align with our delivery capability and strategic objectives.

• Own and lead the end‑to‑end estimating and bid process from bid/no‑bid through to delivery.
• Implement and maintain bid governance (stage gates, review cadence, sign‑off matrix, and version control).
• Set and maintain pricing rules (margin floors, risk/contingency approach, and approval thresholds for exceptions).
• Provide leadership across function to ensure timely inputs, decisions, and clear ownership of actions.
• Mentor and support the development of commercial capability across the business (as the function scales).

• Somebody with proven experience as an Electrical Estimator within technically complex environments.
• A strong understanding of electrical systems from a lifecycle and compliance perspective.
• Comfortable working with data, systems, and structured commercial models.
• A calm,…