Estimating Manager

Job Title : Estimating Manager Facilities Management

Salary :up to 60k DOE

Location : Home Based Travel when required (office available in London Reading or Manchester if preferred)

Hours: 08:0017:00

Overview:

Pareto are currently looking for an experienced Facilities Management Estimating Manager to manage and quote FM tenders in line with our growth strategy.

As our Estimating Manager you must have a proven track record in a similar role and have a good understanding of the FM and Maintenance industry. You will report into the Sales Director and support them with preparing winning tenders bids and presentations to continue winning new business.

The successful Estimating Manager must be able to accurately labourload and price competitive tenders involving multiple selfdelivered and subcontracted service lines tracking forecasted gross margin contributions support handover off successful tenders to the operations team and contribute to technical solutioning.

This is a new role for Pareto and the perfect opportunity for an Estimating Manager who is looking to take on more responsibility and be an integral part of our management team.

Key responsibilities :

• End to End management of the estimating process

• Early understanding of the full tender and submission requirements

• Identifying opportunities on which to submit bids

• Compilation of a detailed cost model for review by the Pareto Sales Director

• Supply chain management for obtaining quotes for new business tenders

• Collaboration with Key members of the team to obtain the information required to complete the bid

• Work with the sales team to develop a clear strategy for each bid

• Research current and future applicable market trends relating to Facilities Management pricing

• Setting out input requirements and agreeing realistic deadlines in line with bid timescales

• Ensuring all relevant parties are engaged with and kept up to date throughout the process

• Drive continuous improvement through internal and customer reviews

Experience knowledge and qualifications:

• Relevant engineering qualification (HNC or equivalent)

• Strong Facilities Industry Knowledge

• Submitting completed pricing models to an existing or prospective client on time and within budget

• Proven track record in FM tendering

• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues particularly engineering and Account management

• The ability to work to tight deadlines and reprioritise workload in line with changing demands

• The ability to maintain a flexible attitude to work task and workload to ensure tender deadlines are achieved

• Competency in MS Office software notably Excel

• Creative thinking

• Problem solving skills

• Strong commercial awareness