Mecsia
FM Estimator
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About Artic Building Services
Artic Building Services is a leader in Hard Facilities Management across London and the Home Counties. We offer a comprehensive suite of technical and engineering solutions, ensuring the smooth operation of your Mechanical, Electrical, and Hard FM Plant.
Job Description:
Job Role: FM Estimator
Location: Dartford
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
Start Date: TBC
Duration: Permanent
Reporting To: Business Development Director
Artic Building Services Ltd is an established and recognised provider within M&E and Facilities Management with particular focus on public sector delivery to the NHS and Education. This focus requires consistent competitive tendering and engagement to ensure continued growth. As part of the Mecsia Group, Artic has robust targets to secure with competitive solutioning and costing being a core element.
This role is key to success with responsibility in securing new work. Artic are looking for an experienced hard service/ FM estimator with experience in delivering solutions from £250k to £2m pa. A clear appreciation of the complexities of SFG20 and operational experience would be required with technical knowledge and commercial acumen key to the success of this role.
Experience in leading costing, delivering critical thinking and strategies through governance meetings is key with Excel proficiency coupled with commercial and operational analysis are also central to this key role. Experience with HTM’s and public sector bidding experience is also essential.
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Main Responsibilities
- Act as the accountable pricing lead on bids
- Own and develop end-to-end pricing models (labour, costing, scenario modelling, subcontractor costing)
- Work with subcontractors to share specification detail, and obtain prices in a timely manner
- Lead the pricing workstream within the bid team and coordinate key stakeholders
- Translate operational solutions into robust commercial submissions
- Identify, quantify and manage risk and opportunity within bids
- Support governance processes and clearly articulate pricing decisions
- Contribute to mobilisation and transition pricing
- Continuously improve pricing methodologies and bid processes
- Proven ownership of end-to-end FM tender pricing
Ideal Candidate
- Experience pricing Facilities Management contracts in healthcare, education and commercial sectors
- Background within FM or outsourced services environments
- Strong Excel and commercial modelling capability
- Ability to manage multiple bids in a fast-paced environment
- Confident working with senior stakeholders across bid, commercial and operational teams
Job Duties:
- Strictly apply to the Bid No Bid protocols, escalating to management any queries.
- Support BDM’s and Bid Managers throughout the sales cycle.
- Manage all estimate deadlines in a priority and organised method.
- Evaluate and highlight any operational and commercial risk before agreeing to proceed, following the requirements of the bid / no bid process.
- Deliver fully compliant bids and variant bids if applicable
- Complete customer pricing return in bid pack and provide clarification question to Bid Manager to submit
- Create depth to our Sub Contractor and Supply chain, by challenging the current base and introducing alternatives.
- At inception of any win ensure the company Handover and Mobilisation checklist is completed to the required standard.
- During handover detail any possible opportunities for contract variations or specific contract risk items.
- Support with all Health and Safety issues.
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We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability.
What We Offer
- Holiday Allowance 25 days plus bank holidays.
- Sickness Scheme
- Family Friendly Pay
- Life Assurance
- 360 Wellbeing App - 24/7 access to GP appointments
- Death in Service Insurance
- Scottish Widow Pension
- Fertility Treatment Support Leave
- Paid Maternity Leave
- Paid Paternity Leave
- Gym & Fitness Discounts and Other Lifestyle Discounts
- Employee Refer-a-Friend Scheme
- Employee Recognition Scheme
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