Cost Estimation Engineer

Helsinki Shipyard; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Helsinki Shipyard seeks a Cost Estimation Engineer to join our cost estimation team. The role focuses on long cost calculations for ship projects, supports pricing of sales opportunities, and collaborates with design, production, procurement, finance and leadership.

You will review technical material from a costing perspective, contribute to rounds where costs are estimated, and prepare management summaries. A suitable university degree and strong Excel skills with good English are required.

Qualifications

• Strong Excel skills
• Excellent English
• Analytical mindset with ability to see large systems
• Independent and systematic work style
• Proactive and detail-oriented
• Bachelor-level or higher in production economics, engineering or business

Responsibilities

• Support and develop cost estimation for ship projects.
• Assist in pricing of sales projects and pricing rounds with statistics.
• Review and structure technical material from a costing perspective.
• Prepare summaries for management with cost and schedule data.

Skills

Strong Excel skills

Good English

Analytical mindset

Ability to understand large systems

Independent and systematic work style

Proactive and detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor-level or higher in production economics, engineering or business

Job description

We are Helsinki Shipyard seeking a Cost Estimation Engineer to join the cost estimation team. The role supports and develops cost estimation for ship projects, focusing on long cost calculations, and assisting in the pricing of sales projects. In the early phase, the work centers on comparing long cost calculations, statistical updates, and tracking realization data from ongoing shipyard projects, reviewing and structuring technical material from a costing perspective. As expertise grows, you will participate in cost calculations rounds where experts estimate costs and the sales function consolidates them into price indicators based on statistics, and you will help combine cost and schedule data with the planning team, and prepare summaries for management.

The position offers collaboration with design, production, procurement, finance, controllers and leadership. We value the ability to see large pictures, to reason about cause-effect, proactive work style, perseverance, and strong Excel skills with good English.

The role requires a suitable university degree (e.g. production economics, technical or commercial field with analytics/calculation emphasis).

We offer hybrid work with occasional on-site presence in Helsinki, Turku and Pori.

We accept applications until 23 August 2026.

• Strong Excel skills
• Good English
• Analytical mindset
• Ability to understand large systems
• Independent and systematic work style
• Proactive and detail-oriented
• Bachelor-level or higher in production economics, engineering or business