Technical Estimator - Bristol, United Kingdom - Mandik UK Ltd

Description

About us

After opening our Bristol office in January 2021, we have been fortunate enough to have had a hugely successful start to trading turning over £2.4m in Year 1 and £3.4m in Year 2.

We are continuing to grow and need the right people to join the team.

We are the start of our journey, but the vision for our business is a group of highly paid, highly motivated and highly knowledgeable individuals working together to change the face of fire safety in the UK, providing the most excellent customer service while we do it.

What do we do?
We sell Fire Safety ventilation products into the UK construction industry, typically via specialist Ductwork and M&E contractors. Our primary product range are Fire Dampers and Smoke Control Dampers, along with their Control Systems. All our products are fully compliant and tested, and manufactured to the highest standard in our Czech manufacturing facility.


What does the right person look like?
We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is looking for the next step in their career. We will give full training and support to whoever comes to work with us.

We work with niche products, in a niche market and the role is very technical - but we can teach you all you need to know.

Whilst we have some desirable criteria, the kind of person that you are, and your potential is what really matters to us.

The most important qualities we look for is to have exceptional attention to detail, to take pride in what you do and be a team player.

We are offering a unique opportunity to grow with us as we grow as a company and be a huge part of our success.

If you are genuinely looking for a career as opposed to a job, we could be the right place for you.

You miss out on 100% of the shots you do not take so if this sounds of interest but you're not confident you fit the profile, we would still love to hear from you.

Essential:

• Have excellent attention to detail and take responsibility for the accuracy of your work.
• Have a personable and confident telephone manner, as you will become one of the first points of contact for our clients looking to work with us once you have found your feet.
• Have a good working knowledge of Excel and Adobe, most of the work you carry out will be on these platforms.
• Continually strive to improve the quality and productivity of your work. As a small and relatively new company, we encourage insights into how we could improve the way we work too.
• Be a problem solver, you will take the initiative to collaborate with your colleagues and wider team to overcome obstacles.
• Be contractually aware.
• Able to work in a quiet but focused busy office.
• Not afraid to ask questions We work in fire safety; we can't afford to make mistakes so we will encourage you to ask as many questions as you need. You will need to contact our clients to ask them questions too.
• Be a team player, as cliché as it sounds, we are a small team and cover all areas of the business between us so we need to be able to work together effectively.
• Understand the moral duty of the work that we carry out fire safety is extremely important.
• Be honest and trustworthy, you will make a big impact on the culture of our business.
• Want to work for a business that you can feel passionate about.

Desirable:

• Have previous estimating experience in a similar role, ideally with an engineering or construction background.
• Have experience of reading specifications and tender documentation.
• Have previous knowledge or experience of fire dampers, smoke control dampers and/or control panels.

Responsibilities:

• Assessing information/documentation provided to us by our clients and determining whether we can make compliant product selections. We may need additional information or clarification on information provided, which we will need to ask clients for.
• Adding customer data to our schedule template to make selections against, providing relevant classifications and pricing. Subsequently raising a quote and issuing to customers.
• Be detail orientated and take pride in your work.
• Building and maintaining relationships with key clients.
• Preparing technical submissions for projects.
• Working alongside our current Estimators to manage workload and ensure all projects have coverage

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent, Graduate


Salary:
£28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Onsite parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

• Yearly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Bristol: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 30/07/2023