Facilities Estimator – Hard Services

Location – Homebased role with some national travel

Hours – Monday – Friday, 08:30 to 17:00

Benefits Include:

• 25 days holiday plus BH per year
• Generous Monthly Car Allowance
• Single cover healthcare
• Life assurance
• Employee discounts via Perkbox
• Cycle to work
• Access to a virtual GP and access to a health & wellbeing app
• Training & Development

Apleona is a UK provider of integrated facilities management. With a client base that extends across 350 UK operational sites, we employ over 1800 talented people to deliver service solutions that work for our clients. Our culture is fast paced, challenging and above all, friendly and we are looking for you to join us!

As the FM Hard Services Estimator, you will support and provide costings to the Client Solutions Director and Senior IFM Estimator working alongside the bid managers within the Business Development Department who will have an oversight role and ownership of the bid outcome. You will also support and advise with any estimating on contract retentions and refresh programmes when required. You will provide expertise for the benefit of the company as a whole.

The FM Hard Services Estimator will be estimating, costing and pricing all Mechanical / Electrical / Fabric Services for potential new business. As part of your role, you will be estimating, costing and pricing models for Apleona management and self-performance of Integrated Facilities Management tenders as part of a team. The emphasis in this role is on Hard Services estimating experience and expertise.

You will be required to have a thorough understanding of how to estimate the costs associated with labour, materials, consumables and specialist subcontractors as part of Integrated Facilities Services tenders. This role will suit someone who has solid industry experience in the Facilities Management industry with relevant ‘know-how’ and technical estimating skills.

Our Ideal candidate will need to have:

• Demonstrable experience in service FM sales estimating experience with a Hard Services bias
• High level of Excel spreadsheet capability.
• Ability to estimate, cost and price integrated facilities services using company spreadsheet models.
• Experience of estimating and tender activities in a multi-service FM environment.
• Experience of delivering FM estimating advice.
• Experience in producing bottom up and overview pricing methodologies.
• Knowledge of pricing methodologies for relevant FM activities and the ability to interrogate subcontractor pricing.
• Experience in high-value cost modelling typically for bids in the range £2m- £10m per annum.
• Success and ability in commercial and financial acumen.

We’ll make sure that you have everything you need to do a great job. You will already have experience gained in a similar role. You will work 37.5 hours per week but will need to be flexible to ensure service delivery at the highest level. You will have access to Apleona employee benefits that will be available to you as soon as you start including a generous monthly car allowance.

Apleona is an equal opportunities employer who delivers facilities management services to clients all over the UK and with vacancies in your area this is a great time to join our teams. If this sounds like a job for you then click on the apply button and we’ll start the process and if you’re a good match we’ll be in touch to discuss the next steps.

Seniority level: Not Applicable

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Business Development, Engineering, and Sales

Industries: Facilities Services