Manufacturing Estimator Jobs

Manufacturing Estimator

Position Purpose and Objectives

The Manufacturing Estimator, reporting to the Senior Manager Manufacturing, Maintenance & Project Management will be responsible for preparing estimates on true factory cost while maintaining integrity of information related to quotations and assisting the Project Manager in preparing project quotations.

Estimator Responsibilities

• Schedule and run PPT2 meetings when required.
• Work with the Commercial Proposal Manager and act as a liaison with internal and external suppliers and customers to expedite related information.
• Contact outside machine shops for quotes on projects that are not done in house.
• Communicate effectively with internal departments to meet planned objectives, while ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Prepare/review material requisition for purchase department after consultation with your Manager.
• Update and develop estimating templates on regular basis to reflect the true factory cost.
• Prepare estimate based on true factory cost and generate shop reports for production.
• Review and analyze closed work orders with your Manager to ensure production margins are met.
• Create BOM and generate work orders for Water Quality production based on sales data.
• Provide all necessary information (machine hours, work centers, tolerances, tooling details and any other notation) to inside sales and project departments related to the estimate.
• Review machining clearance with machine shop.
• Support the Commercial Proposal Manager and Manufacturing Project Coordinator as required.
• Carry out other tasks as assigned by the Senior Manager Manufacturing, Maintenance & Project Management.
• Maintain all estimate records for future analysis and cross references.
• Work with Process Planning to develop and modify shop reports as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Diploma in manufacturing technology.
• Familiar with machine shop operations.
• Experience in custom manufacturing environment and processes.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years estimating experience in a manufacturing environment.

Quality Responsibilities

• Maintain product identification and material traceability as per applicable procedures.
• Be aware of Company’s Quality Policy and T-G corporate Values and Culture Comments
• Be open minded and bring forward new ideas to continuously improve our processes
• Participate in problem solving investigations and addressing corrective actions as well as developing preventative actions (risk reduction)
• Notify Quality Control and/or Manufacturing of drawing issues.
• Ensure preventative maintenance requirements are clearly identified and completed as scheduled
• Participate in or help continuous improvement teams improve processes.
• Report machine or equipment problems to the Department Manager or designate.
• Perform in-process and/or final inspections as per applicable procedures and/or work instructions.
• Notify Quality Control of nonconforming products.
• Follow department procedures and work instructions.