What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Cost Estimator Lead position at Progeny Career Center?
Career opportunities are available for experienced candidates looking for a position to lead Engineering Hardware cost estimating efforts. This person will provide knowledge and expertise in applying principles, theories and methods of cost estimation and analysis in support of Government solicitations for both R&D and Production efforts. This position works closely with the engineering, financial, manufacturing and supply chain teams.
Duties and Responsibilities
Support the proposal life cycle from receipt of solicitation and bid/no bid process through proposal submission and negotiation.
· Review solicitation documents and understand scope of work to bid.
o Read and interpret solicitations to identify critical items required for compliant responses and create proposal outlines, schedules, and compliance matrices.
o Provide recommended updates to bid requests and statement of work objectives in order to clarify requirements necessary for accurate and efficient proposal work.
· Responsible for developing the Work Breakdown Structure and ensuring all labor and material estimation is at a level that is compliant with the solicitation requirements.
· Responsible for developing costs for Bills of Material (BOM).
· Responsible for working with the design and manufacturing engineering teams in the development of labor basis of estimates.
· Create cost models as needed for cost estimating elements.
· Plan, maintain and execute schedules for all associated proposal activities in order to meet proposal submission deadlines.
o Participate in strategy sessions and color team proposal reviews.
· Support proposal volume production efforts (formatting, marking, etc).
· Maintains proposal documentation, templates and libraries.
o Maintains and creates, as needed, proposal templates in accordance with company standards.
o Maintains proposal libraries, including proposal archive, past performance, and boilerplate materials.
o Promote process innovation and improvement across the entire scope of engineering proposal work including; MRP data dumps, quote initiations, cost capturing, BOE write-ups, and sanitizing proposal backup.