Hire Coordinator

Hire Coordinator £38-40K + Overtime + Good benefits We have an excellent opportunity for a Hire Coordinator to join a leading equipment rental company serving the service industry. With significant growth over the last years, this company can offer excellent support, training and career prospects/opportunities to the right candidate. This is a key supporting role that helps bridge the gap between planning and the operational execution of our projects. You will oversee equipment rentals, manage project logistics, and facilitate seamless collaboration across teams, while taking ownership of your own key accounts. Hire Coordinator's Duties Taking full ownership of allocated key accounts and projects. Assist the Hire manager in all areas of delivering a rental project including booking/allocating equipment, producing schedules, booking transport requirements, etc. Assist with booking suppliers, issuing purchase orders and booking accommodation and travel. Keep the Company's rental management software, current and updated with all project and client details. This also includes project amalgamation. Negotiate and secure orders and returns for subcontracted services/sub-rentals to drive maximum value for money for client, combined with profitable and efficient supply by the Company. Match client requirements to available rental stock to maximise profitable delivery and execution on specific projects. Take overall responsibility for the profitable and maximum utilisation of assets required and the minimisation of costs incurred. Monitor project progress and act as a point of contact for client in the event of any changes or additional requests throughout the project. Prepare all paperwork and keep job files for each project updated and available for input from other team members. Prepare customer invoices and close job file upon completion of each project. This includes all returns are completed and outstanding items recharged. Manage the administration of all paperwork and job files for each project. Manage any project changes and customer confirmations, collating and reporting all charges to be invoiced. Communicate with customers and finance to resolve invoice/payment queries on sales invoices for hires and projects. Communicate with suppliers where purchase invoice queries exist and resolve discrepancies. Coordinate out of hours support and advice to active projects and clients, across the team. Answer and handle incoming telephone calls in a professional and polite manner. Experience and Skills Required Experience as a Hire Coordinator/Rental Coordinator in an equipment hire or tool hire company Ability to manage a situation and effectively deal with both junior and senior colleagues. Demonstrably numerate, articulate and with an interest Ability to prioritise and multi-task with a dynamic and changing workload. Methodical and motivated individual, with passion for accuracy and excellence. Good IT knowledge with a working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel & Outlook etc. Proactive, self-motivated individual capable of working on their own initiative in a constantly changing and pressurised environment and fast developing company. Confident numeracy and arithmetic skills essential. To apply, or to find out about any other Hire Coordinator ctor roles with Kadtech Recruitment, please apply! TPBN1_UKTJ