CNC Estimator & Account Manager
Lead with precision. Grow with purpose.
- Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Salary: Tell us what you are looking for and if you are the right person for us, we will make it work!
- Type: Full-time | Permanent
CNC Estimator & Account Manager
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Are you a strong team player with excellent attention to detail?
Do you thrive on building strong working relationships to ensure everyone wins? Are you a Machinist looking for the next right step in your career?
We are a growing and values-driven precision machining business in Portsmouth. This is an opportunity with real long-term potential. Penta is seeking a CNC Estimator & Account Manager to be an integral part of our progressive Sales & Marketing Team.
Mission - CNC Estimator & Account Manager
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What you will be doing:
As a CNC Estimator & Account Manager at Penta, you will be responsible for managing 50% of the company's order book. delivering sustained, profitable growth for the Penta team whilst minimising business risk. You'll work closely with the Sales & Marketing team, proactively onboarding new customers, preparing accurate quotes together with playing a key role in helping both our customers and the Penta team win. You will be contributing to continuously improving how the team operates to maximise flow and throughput.
Key Responsibilities:
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- Account manage, pro-actively ‘on-board’ new A class customers, close orders and win the best mix of work to maximise flow and throughput.
- Prepare accurate detailed quotes.
- Machining Design Advice.
- Communicate and collaborate with the Sales & Marketing team and the whole company to ensure the best results for all at Penta.
- Continuously improve how the department operates to aid growth and strengthen margins.
Why Join Penta?
We're a progressive, people focused subcontract precision machining business with big plans.
You'll join at an exciting stage as we grow our team, expand our capabilities, and continue our journey to become "the engineering company where everyone wants to work and who everyone wants to buy from."
What we're looking for in you
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A strong understanding of the CNC machining process is a must as you will be preparing and managing accurate quotes. You will be supporting customers with technical and engineering specifications to ensure the correct manufacture of their components, together with providing machining design advice to improve production and quality outcomes.
We're searching for candidates who are committed to continual self-development and align with Penta's Core Values. If you're flexible and take care in everything you do, have a can-do attitude, always strive for improvement, and are committed to making work enjoyable for all, we want to hear from you!
If you are a Machinist with a strong understanding of the machining process, looking for the next step of your career, please do get in touch even if you don’t think you meet all the criteria. Penta has developed each and every member of its front-end team, so we are happy to support, develop and take you on a journey.
About Penta Precision
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Penta was founded in 1998 by five engineers, hence the name, Penta. With a heritage in manufacturing production tooling for an international computer manufacturer, the team developed its skills to encompass delivering for the aerospace, marine, scientific and medical industries amongst others. Penta gained ship-to-stock status with a major aerospace OEM in 2012, having attained a better than 99.5% quality performance for two years, and has maintained this standard ever since.
Keeping everyone safe and trading successfully throughout Covid, In 2021, Penta invested in new premises, people, and capital equipment, including 24/7 fully automated 5-axis machinery. We’ve doubled the size of our facility, and this investment represents our progression toward our Core Target of becoming “the engineering company where everyone wants to work and who everyone wants to buy from.”
What We Offer
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- Salary: Tell us what you are looking for and if you are the right person for us, we will make it work!
- A company profit & core values related bonus scheme.
- A forward-thinking, stimulating work environment with a great team around you to support your development.
- 34 days of pro-rata annual leave, encompassing statutory holidays, PLUS nobody works their birthday!
- Access to our company sickness scheme (subject to qualifying criteria).
- Participation in our company contributory pension scheme (subject to qualifying criteria).
- Death in service insurance.
Hours of Work:
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- Monday – Thursday: 7:30am to 5:00pm, with a 30-minute lunch break
- Friday: 7:30am to 12:30pm
CURRENT VACANCIES
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We currently have the following vacancies within our business:
However, if you have relevant industry experience in the following areas and would like to register your interest, then please get in contact using the contact details below.
- CNC milling - programming, setting and operating
- CNC turning - programming, setting and operating
- Quality inspecting
- Technical estimating
- Manufacturing machining design
- Technical account management
- Marketing
If you'd like to visit, have a coffee and get a better understanding of the journey we're undertaking and what we are looking to achieve for our people, then contact our HR department at