Vehicle Maintenance Estimator/Bid Writer

Who We Are and What We Do

Go Plant Fleet Services provides access to specialist commercial vehicles including refuse collection trucks, gritters, cage tippers and road sweepers on both short and long-term hire, as well as offering a comprehensive suite of fleet management services, including repair and maintenance.

The company, which remains based as its original headquarters in Leicestershire, merged with Lincolnshire-based Essential Fleet Services in July 2017 – a move backed by private equity house Endless LLP.

Significant expansion has followed with major investment in new technology, the opening of a string of new depots and the establishment of an owned spot hire fleet as well as investment in ‘back to black’ Beam Sweepers, creating the largest fleet in the UK.

The company, which has 40 years’ experience in the industry, now has revenues of around £85 million and employs around 790 staff across 44 depots nationwide.

Vehicle Maintenance Estimator/Bid Writer

Responsible for standard pricing and the compilation of detailed complex pricing for non-standard bids ensuring that relevant data is used in support of the cost build up, such as maintenance and RV values from third party data and internal historical data.

Therefore, practical experience of vehicle service management or HGV maintenance is essential, together with the ability to present data in a format that can be used for internal management approval, or for presentation to the customer.

You will be responsible for:

Providing pricing calculations for inclusion in bids.

Preparing and presenting price information for management approval along with clear assumptions, market benchmarks etc.

Identifying and monitoring trends in pricing, maintenance costs, margins, RV’s and market prices maintaining a database for use in future pricing activities.

Supporting the production of bids and tenders for both public and private sector business.

We are looking for:

Sound technical understanding of HGV specialist fleet specifications

Qualification in HGV vehicle maintenance

Detailed understanding of labour times in vehicle maintenance activities

Knowledge of service vehicles requirements

Experience of pricing

Knowledge of motor vehicle / asset management type business

Competent IT skills

In return we offer a competitive salary and attractive benefits.  Please submit your application including a cover letter stating how you meet the criteria and what you can bring to the role along with details of your current salary to hr@gpl-hire.co.uk.