Details:
- Salary: £28,000 - 33,000 - Annum
- Location: West Bromwich
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
Description
Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for an Designer Estimator to join our team at in the West Bromwich Modular Depot.
As a Designer and Estimator, your role and remit will be to deliver comprehensive building design, estimating and quotation services with commercial insight and technical accuracy whilst driving margin and efficiencies across the project.
Role Details:
• Annual salary up to £33,000 dependent on skills and experience.
• Commission Structure - Annual Commission paid Quarterly Amount payable: 0.05% (approx £6,000 per year)
• Role based: – West Bromwich Modular Depot, B70 0TX (Office based so you must live locally ).
• Contract type: Permanent
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
In this role you will be required to:
• Deliver accurate drawings and quotations
• Work closely with commercial teams to confirm that design solutions align with commercial targets.
• Ensure all designs and quotations reflect commercial agreements and customer expectations prior to submission.
• Prepare and submit detailed, accurate, competitive and professionally presented quotations to customers within agreed timeframe.
• Coordinate design input to ensure bid costs are accurate and realistic.
• Analyse and benchmark previous schemes against current tenders to inform pricing and design decisions from a commercial perspective.
• Attend project meetings and customer interviews as required to support successful bid outcomes and effective order management.
• Participate in peer reviews of bids prepared by team members, provide independent feedback on accuracy, completeness and competitiveness before final submission.
Our Ideal Candidate
• Minimum GCSE (or equivalent) including Maths and English.
• Relevant design or technical qualification at a minimum of NVQ Level 3.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Experience in a design or technical role.
• Proven experience using Auto CAD and Revit.
• Competent in using Microsoft packages including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
Skills
Design Skills, Cost Estimation, Technical Drawing, Material Knowledge, CAD Software, Analytical Skills, Attention to Detail, Problem Solving, Communication Skills.
Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.
NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.
Benefits & Opportunities
• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day