Cost Estimator

General Responsibility: Role will have two main responsibilities. Primary Responsibility: Completing current cost and price estimates for new products using company-built tools. Second, Review historical costs and pricing of existing manufactured products and updating to current costs for pricing reviews.

Essential Functions:

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Develop part costs using in house tools based upon customer supplied data for new business.
• Review manufacturing cycle times with plant operations for agreeance.
• Review manufacturing costs with management as needed.
• Review historical part costs of manufacturing site and estimate current costs equivalent.
• Review part costs of new program launches within 6 months of series production launch.
• Support cost estimating of new products.
• Determine standard costs and investigate variances with actual costs.
• Solid understanding of Information Systems
• Ability to navigate and or learn to navigate multiple ERP systems for information gathering.
• Ability to travel and be on site at local and remote manufacturing sites for multiple days or a week at a time as needed.
• May analyze and audit direct/indirect manufacturing rates at supplier facilities to formulate rate recommendations.
• Maintain/create spreadsheets of cost models to support price/cost analysis, and prepare reports, charts, and graphs of findings.
• Participate in cost and pricing reviews with management, customer, and or supplier representatives.
• Maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Willingness to go onto plant floor to observe manufacturing processes and collect data as needed.
• Multi-State Travel may be required periodically.

Applicant Skills

• Associates degree in engineering preferred, would strongly consider degree in accounting or finance with experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• 3 years as a cost estimator, cost specialist or similar role.
• High Level of analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving abilities.
• High Level of presentation, written, and verbal communication skills.
• High Level of Microsoft Excel
• Ability to use CAD software such as Solidworks, NX, Catia preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift

Work Location: One location