We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a very ambitious and forward-thinking UK manufacturer, selling to the commercial fit-out industry. Our client is recruiting a Head of Pre-Construction to work within their busy and growing team. The role is a full-time position working onsite in Hoddesdon from 7.00am – 4.30pm, Monday – Friday and offers a competitive salary depending on experience, plus excellent company benefits.

You will be processing incoming project enquiries, liaising with the sales team and customers, understanding technical information, co-ordinating designs, technical submittals and providing completed quote for sales account managers to take forward

Duties include:

• Managing the internal pre-construction team and overseeing the delivery of project enquiries.
• Initial development and refining of the whole pre-construction process including overseeing product data cleansing project
• Overall co-ordination of workflow from initial enquiry to ‘oven ready quote’ for sales account managers to take forward. This includes: -
• Liaising with account manager/customers to get a detailed grasp of project requirements
• Putting together a brief including making assumptions where information is not available
• Co-ordinating designs/ drawing take-offs to produce a full breakdown or all products required for the project
• Entering of the above product requirements on to a sales quotation which is 100% accurate to facilitate world class enquiry response times
• Processing of sales orders when received and handing them over to operations
• Liaising with suppliers on bespoke products
• Build up and manage a team using remote offshore resources
• Support the sales team with technical queries if required
• Work with the sales and operations teams to continually improve systems and processes

Skills and Attributes

• Honesty, loyalty and integrity
• Extensive experience and knowledge of pre-construction, estimating, electrical technical coordination or project-based environments.
• Gregarious and outgoing
• Team player
• Negotiation skills
• Target driven, highly motivated self-starter
• Organised, methodical and accurate
• Ability to complete tasks without being chased
• Proven track record of managing high customer expectations and delivering results under time pressure
• Working to tight deadlines

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best of luck in your job search.