Trainee Estimator
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Job Description
Trainee Estimator at NSS Maintenance
Part of NSS Group
per annum dependant on experience
Location Altrincham
The Division
NSS Maintenance are a working at height contractor working throughout UK servicing facilities management clients and the refurbishment industry alike.
Our national coverage operates from four UK depots to offer planned and reactive building fabric maintenance and refurbishment services to commercial retail and industrial sectors. We currently employee 600 employees directly across the NSS Group and own a fully serviced truck mounted access fleet which we use in house for reactive and planned maintenance and cleaning requests
What you will get from us:
- Free onsite parking
- Free refreshments with a friendly and sociable office environment
- An opportunity to progress and develop within the company.
- 25 days annual holiday bank holidays
- Monthly Reward and Recognition Scheme where our top performers are rewarded with vouchers for many retailers.
- Trade Point Card which will enable you to get 10 off at any B&Q
- Day off for your birthday after length of service
- Eye care vouchers
- Referral bonus scheme
- Medicash health cash plan with discount on dental health screening gym discount store discounts specialist consultations and much more
Your job will include:
- Estimating minor scale work opportunities generated following reactive maintenance visits.
- This is an officebased target driven role and as such you must be motivated focused and enthusiastic.
- Ensuring the quotations allocated are completed within the required SLAs.
- Maintaining clear and concise workings in order for contract management to understand time frames equipment involved and material quantities.
- Provide support to contract management teams in delivering their instructed works
- Engage with and build supplier & subcontractor relationships (existing and new)
- Meeting and interacting with clients and building up reputable relationships.
- Engaging with site surveyors and engineers to ensure they capture the correct information for your estimating opportunities.
- Assist the Operation manager to identify and set conversion rate targets in line with the companies goals and objectives.
- Working closely with your Team Leader to ensure continuous improvement
- Working together with other divisions to grow the customer base
- Analysing commercial situations and capitalising on them to benefit the business.
- Chase down and keep dialogue open for active opportunities submitted.
- Bring new and experienced lines of supply chain into the business.
- Be flexible and adaptable to the businesses needs and hold a sense of urgency in line with the fastpaced nature of the division
You are good at:
- Working with existing schedules of rates but understanding commercial opportunities and the importance of being competitive.
- Experience with quoting small medium scale projects as well as some larger scale tenders if/when required.
- General mathematics and literacy.
- Working closely with the sales team to ensure their requests are actioned within the desired timeframes.
- Liaising with clients to ensure best in class service is maintained.
- Learning new skills and adapting to new environments.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
To ensure a fair and unbiased recruitment process we have chosen to collaborate with in this process.
After submitting your application you will be invited to participate in a chatbased interview with our virtual recruitment assistant Hubert.
Please complete it as soon as possible. The interview typically takes about 1520 minutes to complete.
Feel free to check out this article before the interview for tips and tricks: Business
NSS is proud to have Platinum accreditation from Investors in are a specialist services supplier. From building maintenance to window and specialist cleaning platform hire and equipment testing selfdelivered services anywhere in the UK. Our dependable inhouse team works around the clock and across the country setting new standards for safety speed and consistency.
The NSS group was formed by the merger of several large successful businesses to create one super group which gives our clients a service which is truly nationwide.
NSS Values
- Continuous Improvement
- Dependable Service
- The Safest Way
- Working Together
Employment Type
Full Time
