Senior Costing Manager / Costing Head – Manufacturing

SR Expert Services LLP; Ghaziabad District; On-site; INR 7 - 9; Full time

Job summary

SR Expert Services LLP in Ghaziabad, India, seeks a Senior Costing Manager with 8-14 years of experience to lead costing, pricing, and rate building for heavy machinery projects.

The role requires strong BOM, drawing reading, ERP experience, and CAD familiarity. You will coordinate with Purchase, Production, and Sales for accurate quotes, and report profitability and cost variances to the MD.

Qualifications

• Strong reading of mechanical and GA drawings and BOM/weight calculations.
• Experience costing fabrication, machining, casting and industrial components.
• Knowledge of MS, SS, Bright Bar, Hardox steels; advanced Excel.
• Ability to explain cost and margin to Sales and MD.
• ERP experience preferred; CAD reading capability.

Responsibilities

• Cost products end-to-end from engineering drawings; prepare BOMs and estimate materials.
• Develop machine-hour rates, labour rates, and overhead absorption; set scrap norms.
• Prepare standard costing sheets and maintain cost database; ERP changes.
• Provide pricing recommendations with margin logic; track variance with orders.
• Coordinate with Purchase, Production and Sales for on-time quotes.

Skills

BOM weight calculation

GA drawings reading

Costing for fabrication

Advanced Excel

AutoCAD familiarity

ERP systems experience

Communication skills

Education

B.Tech/B.E. in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Qualification ./ Mechanical Engineering Reports to Managing Director (MD) Salary 8- LPA (negotiable for an outstanding candidate)

Key responsibilities

Product costing and estimation Cost products end-to-end from engineering drawings and specifications. Prepare BOMs; calculate material weights, consumption, nesting, scrap and wastage. Estimate raw material, cutting, fabrication, welding, machining, casting, heat treatment, painting, labour and overhead costs. Include packing, freight and export documentation costs where relevant.

Costing system and rates Build and maintain machine-hour rates, labour rates and overhead absorption for both units. Set scrap and yield norms by material: MS, SS, Bright Bar, Hardox 450/500, engineering steels, castings. Create standard costing sheets by product family and keep a historical cost database. Set up or improve costing masters in the ERP.

Pricing, control and reporting Give pricing recommendations with margin logic for every quotation. Compare estimated vs actual cost on completed orders; find the cause of every major gap. Identify savings: material substitution, better nesting, process changes, make-vs-buy. Send a monthly profitability and variance report to the MD. Handle pricing, cost and customer data with complete confidentiality.

Coordination Work with Purchase (material and vendor rates), Production (cycle times, process routes) and Sales (enquiries, deadlines) for accurate, on-time quotes.

Required skills Strong reading of mechanical and GA drawings; independent BOM and weight calculation. Hands-on costing of fabrication, machining, casting and industrial components. Material knowledge of MS, SS, Bright Bar, Hardox 450/500 and engineering steels. Advanced Excel; AutoCAD or other CAD for reading drawings; ERP experience preferred. Clear communicator who can explain cost and margin to Sales and the MD.

Industry background (in order of priority) 1. 2. 3. First priority: cement plant equipment and spares, mining equipment, bulk material handling (bucket elevators, conveyors, feeders, crushers, chutes, hoppers, wear liners). Next: heavy engineering, steel fabrication, wear-resistant steel products, foundry or machining for industrial equipment. Acceptable only if exceptional: other industrial manufacturing with heavy fabrication content.

• Experience

  8 - 14 Years

• No. of Openings

  1

• Education

  Graduate (B.Tech/B.E : Mechanical)

• Role

  Senior Costing Manager

• Industry Type

  Industrial Products / Heavy Machinery

• Gender

  Male

• Job Country

  India

• Type of Job

  Full Time

• Work Location Type

  Work from Office

• Face Interview Location

  Sihani Chungi Ghaziabad