Job Description
Do you have the following skills, experience and drive to succeed in this role Find out below.
Overall purpose
This role combines design, costing, commercial coordination and gross profit management. It is suited to someone who enjoys a fast-paced, hands-on position within a project sales and delivery environment.
You will support the sales team with costings, quotations, project layout drawings and commercial input within the industrial fit-out sector.
The business focuses on understanding client requirements and delivering fully turnkey solutions aligned to operational needs. experience in commercial fit-out environments is preferred, particularly across internal construction elements such as partitioning, joinery, plumbing, electrical, data and fire systems. knowledge of CDM regulations and health & safety practices is also important.
You will need to manage competing priorities effectively, ensuring that designs and costings are delivered accurately and on time. a key objective is enabling the sales team to focus on revenue-generating activity.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities
- liaise with material suppliers to obtain accurate costings
- liaise with subcontractors to obtain installation and labour costs
- build structured costing models combining supplier and labour inputs, including recommended pricing and margins
- produce or coordinate CAD layouts based on survey and sales information
- prepare detailed project proposals for internal review
- recommend gross profit margins and support final pricing decisions
- conduct site surveys where required and support design development
- provide commercial input on contract terms, payment terms and risk mitigation
- carry out commercial risk assessments on new clients in collaboration with finance
- manage and maintain supplier relationships
- handover secured projects to delivery teams with clear cost, design and programme information
- support procurement activity alongside project managers
- attend client and supplier meetings as required
- present project updates, profitability and performance internally
- take ownership of pre-construction design coordination, ensuring practicality and buildability
- ensure compliance with CDM regulations, health & safety standards and relevant building legislation
Key performance measures
Performance will be measured against:
- timely submission of quotations
- accuracy and realism of project costings
- strength of agreed commercial terms
- protection of sales team time from non-sales activities
- achievement of sales targets
Skills and experience xwzovoh
- strong IT skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and CRM systems
- experience in storage, fit-out or similar project environments is beneficial
- ability to interpret commercial documentation and identify risk
- experience producing design layouts using CAD (or similar software)
- understanding of commercial fit-out or interior construction environments
- knowledge of CDM regulations and relevant building/design legislation
Personal qualities
- self-motivated with strong personal accountability
- able to manage workload effectively in a busy environment
- positive and resilient under pressure
- clear and confident communicator across all levels
- collaborative team player
- decisive and commercially aware
- flexible approach to work
- professional and approachable manner