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Sales - Roof Truss Designer & Estimator

Benfield ATT are a national Timber Frame company, specialising in bespoke building projects. With our own privately-owned Truss Manufacturing facility, and as part of our plans to develop the Manufactured Components part of our business in Monmouthshire, we are looking to increase the Sales and Technical Support ability of our locally-renowned Roof Truss service.


Information

Department: Technical Sales, working with Technical and Production.
Hours: 40 hr week - 08:30 -17:30, with unpaid hour break
Salary: Dependant upon Qualifications and Experience + Uncapped Sales Commission


The ideal candidates will have experience in either of these areas, but consideration will be given to training suitably experienced/qualified candidates who have experience in a construction-based industry or are trained in a relevant discipline.

The position will involve building working relationships with local Builders, architects, developers, housing associations and private individuals throughout the UK (but mostly in South East Wales and Bristol). Travel to sites (and Sales calls) may be required.

Key tasks will include

  • Offering a prompt Truss Estimating service to our clients
  • Offering a high level of Customer Service and Sales Follow-ups
  • Designing Trussed Rafter roofscapes
  • Working with our in-house specialists to support the demand for Roof Trusses from the core business of Timber Frame
  • Collaborating with the Company's Sales, Technical, Production and Project Management teams (and the Directors) to support our existing projects
  • Collaborating with our in-house Sales & Marketing team to publicise and encourage sales of Trusses and other complementary products
  • Liasing with our own factory, sub contractors, external professionals, hauliers, etc. to ensure project time scales are both feasible and achieved
  • Using appropriate software to achieve performance norms
  • You will report to the company's Management Team and Directors and you will work under the direction of Prof. Michael Benfield, who is a both a Chartered Surveyor and Chartered Builder


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** This is intended to be a permanent appointment and offers EXCELLENT career advancement opportunities for the right candidate, as well as the opportunity to raise your own profile within the Construction Industry **

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Candidate profile

Essential:

  • Ambition and good business/commercial sense
  • Self starter, able to work autonomously while still being part of a team
  • Knowledge of timber frame/Trusses
  • Technically-minded, precise and the ability to be trained in Wolf Truss Systems CAD Software
  • Computer literate
  • Good verbal & written communication
  • English Language and Maths skills essential
  • Willing and able to travel with use of own vehicle
    The ability to liaise with both private and commercial customers and represent the company in a polite and professional manner and within our ISO 9001:2000 procedure
  • Demonstrate a track record in Consultative Selling, preferably in the Construction sector


Desirable

  • While formal qualification is not necessary, an appropriate professional qualification is highly desirable
  • Construction Design/Estimating/Coordination experience
  • Some CAD/Design experience is highly desirable, especially in the use of Wolf Truss Systems Design Software
  • Work experience with engineers, quantity surveyors and architects
  • Good presentation skills
  • Smart appearance and professional manner


Benfield ATT are an Investor in People and Equal Opportunities Employer. Candidates from the UK, EU and further overseas are encouraged to apply to join our multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary team.


To be considered for these role/s, please Click Here to download an application form. Then include a CV together with an outline of:-

a) why you consider yourself suited for the post
b) what you think might be entailed in the work
c) how your experience to date fits the job profile / requirement to...

Personnel Department
Benfield ATT Ltd
Castle Way
Caldicot
Monmouthshire
NP26 5PR

Tel: 01291 437065


Chartered Building Consultancy - timber frame, OSM (off-site manufacture) and engineered timber structure advisors. Timber Research and Development Association – our work with TRADA ensures high quality, eco-friendly engineered Timber Frame build projects. The Green Register of Construction Professionals - Benfield ATT's membership demonstrates our passion for environmentally sustainable timber frame self-builds, new homes, schools and social housing for local housing authorities AECB - Association of Environment Conscious Building – our FSC certified timber frame is endorsed by The Ecology Building Society Impact Upon Society Big Tick Award from Business in the Community – BITC – award-winning timber frame company within the Timber-frame industry TRA - Trussed Rafter Association – our membership assures Timberframe Trusses, Trussed Rafters, roofs and complex and innovative roofscapes are quality HBF - the only developer partnering timber frame company to be members of the House Builders Federation. Wales Quality Centre – members and committee members, we ensure the highest quality, especially when coupled with ISO 9001, FSC certification and Q-Mark Plus standards RICS - Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, assures our customers of our professionalism in wood and timber frame building and developing and surveying
Benfield ATT FSC-Certified Engineered Timber Structures do not cost the Earth.
Chain of Custody TT-COC-1928. FSC Trademark (C) 1996 Forestry Stewardship Council