CAREERS

ESTIMATOR

Job Summary

The estimator collects and analyzes data in order to estimate the time, money, materials, labor and processes required to manufacture an assigned project.

Duties and Responsibilities

This description represents the most significant job duties but does not exclude other work duties assigned or required but not mentioned.  

  • Identify and quantify cost factors, such as production time, materials, labor and process step expenses

  • Communicate with other departments and suppliers to gather information on materials needed, labor required, and other factors

  • Help to source new vendors as quotes for new products come in 

  • Fill in our quoting vehicle, the “Estimator” for review

  • Attach all documents to the opportunity quote or project in Epicor

  • Read blueprints and technical documents to prepare estimates

  • Collaborate with design and manufacturing engineers, customers, and contractors on estimates

  • Evaluate a product’s cost-effectiveness or profitability

  • Recommend ways to make a product more cost effective or profitable

  • Work with Sales teams to prepare estimate and bids for customers

  • Updates cost estimate when changes occur within the initial product, including but not limited to supplier cost increases, labor increases, changes in production process, etc.

  • This job description is subject to change with or without notice.

Authority

Employees are required to follow procedures, work instructions and operational processes. The potential consequences for non-compliance may result in an increased rejection rate at the Customer, increased internal scrap rate, delayed or late shipments, personal injury, and a negative impact on the environment.

All employees have the authority to stop production and contain nonconforming product. Significant quantities of nonconformances must be reported immediately to management.

This position requires no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Associate’s Degree in Engineering preferred but not required

  • Purchasing/quoting/planning/ engineering  experience preferred

  • Three or more years of manufacturing/tool shop experience preferred but not required

  • Mechanical aptitude required; able to read prints

  • Excellent computer skills (MS Office, ERP experience preferred)

  • Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, to coworkers, customers, and suppliers

  • Ability to manage several projects at one time

  • Able to work independently on a project through its completion with minimum supervision

  • Knowledge of metal fabrication processes, machining and tooling background and previous manufacturing background/environment.

  • Impeccable attention to detail and ability to work within short time lines with speed and accuracy

  • Ability to plan, schedule, coordinate and problem solve effectively

  • Strong analytical mindset

  • Strong written and oral communication

Working Conditions / Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment.  This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is occasionally exposed to loud noise, fumes and airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration; may work with or around chemicals that create a hazardous exposure which is defined on the accessible Safety Data Sheets; employee is exposed to moderate temperature changes over an eight-hour shift.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Physical and Mental Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  The employee frequently is required to sit.  

  • The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  

  • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  

  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Less than 25% travel is expected with this position.