Business support engineer

Stumaco; Belgium; Remote; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Group insurance

39-hour week (26 days leave)

Leave planning flexibility

Onboarding programme

Job summary

Stumaco is seeking a cost estimator who can turn customer requests and technical input into precise cost calculations for machine building projects. You will base your work on historical data and internal models, ensuring technical feasibility and financial soundness with the sales engineer.

You will also analyze post-calculations to refine cost models, help optimize internal processes, and support quotation requests and final invoicing.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to translate concepts and designs into accurate cost calculations.
• Strong numerical accuracy and attention to detail.
• Analytical mindset with curiosity and problem-solving approach.
• Relevant education or work experience in technical or economic fields.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre- and post-calculations for machine building projects based on concepts and technical input.
• Translate sketches and designs into detailed cost calculations using historical data and internal models.
• Collaborate with sales engineers to ensure technical feasibility and financial soundness of solutions.
• Analyze post-calculations to improve cost models and efficiency of processes and calculations.
• Issue RFQs for project-specific purchases and assist with invoicing and sales administration.

Skills

Technical insight

Numerical precision

Analytical mindset

Education or experience

Affinity with machine building

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in technical or economic field

Job description

Are you a numbers person with technical insight and a passion for machine building? Do you want to use your accuracy and analytical eye to turn customer requests, concepts and designs into correct cost calculations? Then this role at Stumaco is exactly what you are looking for.

As a cost estimator at Stumaco you are responsible for both pre-calculations and post-calculations in our machine building projects. You translate concept sketches, project ideas and technical input into detailed cost calculations, based on historical data, previous projects and internal calculation models.

You work closely with the sales engineer to make sure every solution is technically feasible and financially sound. After a project is completed you analyse the post-calculations and provide insights that help us continuously improve our cost models and efficiency. You also actively help optimise internal processes, base prices and calculation models. You issue requests for quotation for project-specific purchases and prepare the final invoicing and sales administration.

What do we expect from you?

• Technical insight
• You understand the basic principles of machine building and can analyse and correctly interpret technical information.
• Numerical precision
• You work accurately, have an eye for detail and enjoy working with figures.
• An analytical and curious mindset
• You like to get to the bottom of things, think along about solutions and have a broad interest in engineering.
• Education or experience
• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a technical or economic field, or relevant experience.
• Affinity with machine building
• You have a feel for engineering and like to keep up with technical developments and innovations.

What do we offer?

• A challenging and varied role in a forward-thinking and growing company.
• Room for development, initiative and professional growth.
• A gross salary based on your knowledge, experience and growth potential.
• Company car
• Group insurance
• A 39-hour working week, giving you 26 days of leave
• Leave you plan freely, in consultation with your team
• An onboarding programme in which experienced colleagues introduce you to the way Stumaco works
• A varied job in a growing company where every project is different
• Close cooperation with colleagues, including team building, a monthly get-together with the whole company, customer visits and activities with colleagues
• A straightforward team spirit with your colleagues in external sales, internal sales, engineering and operations
• Ambitious? Then there are definitely opportunities to grow.