At a Glance
- Tasks: Coordinate furniture and estimating tasks, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
- Company: Dynamic design firm focused on innovative furniture solutions.
- Benefits: Gain hands-on experience, develop skills, and work in a creative environment.
- Other info: Opportunity for growth and learning in a supportive team atmosphere.
- Why this job: Join a team where your ideas can shape real projects and client experiences.
- Qualifications: Strong attention to detail, good communication skills, and a passion for design.
The predicted salary is between 40500 - 49500 £ per year.
Furniture able to read and measure from drawings.
Commercially curious, able to spot where a specification change saves money without losing the design intent.
Presentable and credible in front of clients at showrooms and site visits.
Eager, switched on, shows initiative, wants to be developed, and is willing to pick up the phone.
Part design-minded, comfortable spending time on fabrics and showrooms, and part commercially minded, without needing to operate at QS level.
Patient, with a preparedness to re-quote the same job repeatedly as things change.
Ideally this candidate would have a full driver’s license and access to a car for visits Part One | Furniture Coordination (approx. 30%): Covers FF keep costing sheets, discount structures and the sample library (fabric books, swatches, catalogues) current and tidy.
Track lead times and price rises, flagging early anything affecting a live scheme or quotation.
Support designers on furniture that fits the brief, budget and building; maintain the FF write up every visit; attend and minute client meetings.
Part Two | Estimating Coordination (70%) Covers quantities, measuring, counting and pricing support, the measurable, chaseable and record-keeping work that supports the pre Construction team.
Quantities and measurements Assist with quantities and measurements from drawings; attend site surveys and record access constraints (loading, lifts, parking, out-of-hours, building rules); re-measure against each drawing revision.
Approach suppliers/subcontractors for rates; issue tender packs with clear return dates; maintain a returns tracker and chase to deadline; level returns onto a comparison sheet, flagging exclusions and gaps.
Cost data, bids version-control cost plans against drawing issues; benchmark final accounts against original estimates (£/m² by scheme type).
Complete vetting from a reusable answer library; assemble and proof tender submissions to brand and client requirements; prepare good/better/best option costings where needed.
Onboard new subcontractors/suppliers; collect and diarise compliance documents, chasing renewals; maintain the approved supplier list with performance feedback.
Produce the handover pack for delivery (cost plan, procurement schedule, basis and exclusions) and attend the internal handover meeting.
- What Good Looks Like
- Costing sheets and rates library never more than a quarter out of date.
- No client quotation issued against an outdated drawing.
- Subcontractor returns in on time, levelled and ready for the estimator.
- Furniture delivered to programme, snags closed within an agreed window.
Furniture & Estimating Coordinator employer: Officeinsight
At Officeinsight, we pride ourselves on being a family-run design and build company that fosters a supportive and inclusive culture. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through competitive salaries, generous holiday allowances, and opportunities for career progression, all while working on innovative projects that shape the future of workplace design in Manchester. Join us to be part of a dynamic team where creativity and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.
