About the job

Description

Estimator

Function(s) - Estimator

Reporting to - Operations Manager

Contract type - Full time permanent (including probation period)

Remuneration - Competitive

Office - IFSE Head Office, 14 Progress Business Park, Croydon, CR0 4XD

This role is suitable for someone with commercial trade experience (purchasing, accounts, sales, estimating).

What we're looking for:

• A candidate with high levels of numeracy and literacy skills with experience of working within a commercial environment, ideally construction or associated trade.
• Ability to focus on the task in hand to produce accurate work which has been checked and double checked before being submitted.
• Must enjoy at numeracy and understand the principles of percentages, mark-ups, gross profit and generally have a commercial mindset - If this doesn’t describe you the role is not for you.
• Excellent understanding and practise of the principles of good customer service are paramount,
• Excellent Microsoft Office experience
• Understanding/Experience of CRM systems
• Excellent telephone manner
• Good people skills, you must enjoy working within a team and be a really good communicator.
• Willingness to learn about the commercial function of the company and the estimating role within the process.
• Willingness to learn the trade specific on-line estimating system.
• Ability, after initial instruction, to read trade specific drawings/legends and transfer this information into the estimating system to produce accurate quotations.
• Estimating experience is desired but not essential if you meet the criteria detailed above and have sound commercial experience – i.e. working within a business where buying and selling is the core business.
• This role is 100% office based, you must live within a 1 hour commute.

Candidates must provide a cover letter, in addition to a CV, which details why you think your experience and proven ability equips you for this role. Please give examples from previous roles to demonstrate capability.

Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

About ifse:

Due to a high level of inbound enquiries, ifse are seeking to expand our estimating team to increase capacity across our projects business.

Ifse Group design, build and fit-out award-winning restaurants and commercial kitchen facilities for companies across the UK, from the high street brands to office and B&I food and beverage facilities. From a single piece of equipment to a full turn-key package, we treat every project with exactly the same care and efficiency, creating great results for our customers, our partners and our team. Working in multiple industries, we've provided restaurant designs for clients such as BBC, SKY, NEC, Howdens, The Shard, Pauls Patisserie, Gymkana and many more.

Our estimating team are a critical part of the business. As an estimator, you'll be working collaboratively and co-operatively with all members of the Sales, Projects and Design teams to provide an efficient and accurate quotation service for fit out schemes using our specialist quoting system. There are currently 6 members in our sales team, 6 members of the project management team and 7 members of the design team.

The Role:

As an estimator, you'll be provided layout plans and drawings from the Sales and Design team. Your role will be to work alongside the estimating team and Operations Manager to go through the equipment and furniture legend and price the project quotation accordingly to the specification outlined. Most costs will be provided by the specialist quoting system, any that are bespoke will require direct communication with our suppliers to receive a cost from them.

As a quotation is completed, the documents will be sent back to the Sales team for presentation to our clients.

You'll work alongside the Operations Manager to ensure that ifse profit margins, as prescribed by the Directors, are maintained within the quotations produced.

You'll also work collaboratively with other members of the team to provide furniture and equipment suggestions and savings to improve the success of the business.

Time management and prioritising work that is received is a critical part of the role to ensure all quotations meet the time frames required by our clients.

The team will provide full onsite and offsite training to ensure that you are up to speed and getting the necessary support to be successful.

What you'll receive:

• Great team spirit in a friendly office environment.
• Discretionary annual bonus (paid in May) which is related to the success of the company for the year – as we’re an EOT (Employee Ownership Trust) that can be tax-free up to the value of £3.6k
• Private Health Care (after 20 weeks service)
• Generous Company Pension
• Life cover amounting to 4x salary (after 20 weeks service)
• Paid annual leave: 25 days + public holidays. Following the third year of service, leave increases by one day per year, up to a maximum of 30 says annual leave. Bank holidays are paid in additional to the above annual leave

Company details:

• Work schedule of 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, with on-site parking available and the IFSE offices are within a 5 minute walk of the Waddon Marsh tram stop.



Ifse is committed to building a diverse workforce. We believe diversity in all its forms – gender, age, nationality, culture, religious beliefs and sexual orientation – enriches the workplace. It opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to adapt to a changing world. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background.