Trainee Estimator / Junior Sales Engineer / Assistant Estimator
- Recruiter
- Bluetownonline Ltd
- Location
- High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
- Salary
- £15000 per annum
- Posted
- 17 Jan 2017
- Closes
- 14 Feb 2017
- Ref
- EHPG-11
- Sectors
- Construction & Skilled Trades, Building Services, Construction, Engineering, Engineering Project Management, Manufacturing & Industrial
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Title: Commercial Trainee Estimator
Location: High Wycombe
Salary: £15,000 per annum
Position: Full time at 40 hours per week and carries 22 days annual holiday excluding Bank Holidays.
The Company has three decades of home improvement experience - offering Conservatories, Orangeries, Replacement and new build Windows, Doors and curtain wall facades.
Job Role:
The company is currently seeking a locally based, Trainee Estimator to work out of their busy Head office in High Wycombe, to provide accurate and efficient administrative support to the Commercial estimating team through interpreting scheme or drawings in order to provide a cost effective fenestration solution in a timely manner to secure an order from the client at a profitable margin.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities include:
- Assisting the Commercial estimating team in pricing the relevant quotes according to the customer/client's requirements.
- Reading the whole invitation document thoroughly including the specification, project particulars, drawings etc. to determine whether the quotation will be responded to; based on the agreed criteria.
- Highlighting anything in the specification that requires precise action or any additional information required by the architect in order to continue.
- Scheduling out all items to be priced; windows, doors, curtain wall etc.
- Determining which system would be most suited to use for pricing the project to include all items that have been previously scheduled.
- Sending out supplier enquiries and chasing their quotations.
- Making notes throughout all of the above processes for inclusion within the quotation return letter. Contacting any parties concerned to ensure that all contractors and/or clients are included in the quotation.
- Upon successful return of the tender, diarising the critical dates to chase the client for a decision to determine whether the quotation was successful and if not, to determine the reasons and shortfall.
- Inputting, reviewing and reporting effectively and thoroughly on the Company's management systems.
Essential requirements for the role include:
- Excellent attention to detail
- High numeracy and computer literacy with an advanced experience and knowledge of Microsoft office
- Ability to work without supervision
- Excellent analytical and problem solving ability
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work as a part of a team
Desirable:
- Some administration experience would be preferable
The person fulfilling this function should be detailed conscious, diplomatic and an amiable individual; showing high levels of persistence and accuracy in their work. A team worker who is friendly, accommodating, persistent, self-controlled, thorough, dependable and loyal.
The company is an equal opportunities organisation.
Please click the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
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