Job Description

Welcome to Brooklands, a nationwide contractor who undertake Specialist cleaning, Commercial painting and spraying to enhance the appearance and longevity of places and buildings throughout the UK.

Our mission?

We improve environments by maintaining and preserving premises to sustain safer, brighter and happier places and increase asset value for customers.

Our work is meaningful and most definitely rewarding and with your support, we hope to become more effective in our mission.

Five things our employees love about working at Brooklands.

1. Our work has purpose, we carry out lots of different types of jobs and solve many problems making environments safer, brighter, and happier for people.

2. We recognise, reward, and highly appreciate good performance and provide new learning opportunities with progression plans.

3. We accommodate and work with our people including offering a degree of flexibility at times where it is needed the most. Join a great culture where everybody does a little bit more than expected for each other.

4. We support employees in acts of good will such as making donations for anything "giving back" related, we also include employees in companywide schemes such as feeding and raising money for homeless and providing toys at Christmas to disabled children.

5. You never feel like "just a number" at Brooklands, we are a small and dynamic team, and our people make a difference. We love hearing new ideas and incentivise trying new things. We check in with our team members regularly with 1-1's and genuinely care for our people. Throughout the year we have gatherings and fun outings to connect with each other.

Brooklands is a well-established and growing company; we are always improving the various areas in the business and there is lots happening every day.

Responsibilities and day-to-day activities.

We are looking for an estimator to join the team who will play a vital part in continued business growth by undertaking the following tasks:

1. Calculate time, materials and other costs and prepare estimates for specialist cleaning and painting works which would take place in various environments nationwide such as on construction sites, industrial buildings and in public spaces - this will be done using photos, drawings, specifications and site visits as required.

2. Review on-going and completed project financials ensuring works have been completed on budget and billing accuracy as per your estimates and ensuring the business is achieving the required margin on any ongoing contracts.

4. Negotiate terms and conditions with clients and support our Contracts Manager with commercial matters throughout project life cycles, this includes authorising sales invoices and ensuring customers pay in full and on time.

5. Financial/commercial support with negotiating T&C's with suppliers, authorising subcontractor payments, assessing commercial viability and dealing with pricing for other non-work related business suppliers such as business subscriptions ensuring the business remains efficient and profitable.

Where and how you will fit in our team?

You will sit in the middle by being supported by our marketing and department who will provide you with a flow of contract leads in which you will provide estimates for and by doing so you will support out Contracts Manager with new contracts to manage. We then have our operations teams which consist of our General Manager, supervisor, project leads and technicians who all work together to get the job done on sites.

Essential skills;

Super organised and on the ball, taking action of things that need doing without delay Proficient administration and IT skills such as using spreadsheets and all other microsoft packages including sharepoint Ideally some practical knowledge and experience on how things work on site so you know what to allow for in your estimates - things like working methods/how long to allow for certain tasks, knowledge of things that could impact a job getting done within a certain time frame so you can put measures in place within your estimates to de-risk out teams going over budget, experience of working at height systems and working in public places and on busy construction sites. Our Managing Director is very experienced with this knowledge however, to be self sufficient in this role you will need to become an expert and the rate of pay is dependant on how self sufficient you can be. Strong financial accuracy skills with attention to detail, some knowledge in financial systems would be beneficial such as XERO. Excellent communication, written and verbal.

Some role specific perks;

1. Free tea and coffee in a warm and modern office environment.

2. Free and easy parking.

3. Convenient working hours to avoid traffic.

4. You can "own" your area, staff and clients will hold you in high regard for delivering in your role.

5. Learn lots of things about cleaning that you may never have imagined!

6. Collaborate with a range of people and build long lasting relationships.

7. Use of company vehicle for site visits.

8. Fantastic career development opportunities into more senior and higher paid roles.

9. Finish work at 3pm on Fridays for a longer weekend

The working hours for the role will be 7:30am until 4:00pm Monday to Friday inclusive of a 30-minute lunch break and the location of work will be from Unit 4 Lendal Court, Nottingham NG7 4EZ.

What is in it for you?

Competitive salary and bonus scheme. NEST pension contributions. 28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays. Company events and competitions. Learning, development and progression opportunities.
There will be lots to learn therefore the the ideal candidate will be patient, interested and willing to learn and put in the work required to deliver in the role.

Good and consistent performance in this position may see you rise to director level.

Thank you for your interest in this position.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 27,000.00-36,300.00 per year

Additional pay:

Yearly bonus
Benefits:

Company car Company events Free or subsidised travel On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Application question(s):

Please tell us what experience you have in estimating within the construction / services industry and in particular, any knowledge you have with regards to specialist cleaning, painting and spraying Why would our employees love to have you join the team?
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person