Cost Estimating Technician

Trinity Structural Towers; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TrinityRail Maintenance Services, Inc in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Cost Estimating Professional to prepare accurate cost estimates and customer quotes in compliance with AAR regulations. You will source materials, develop work orders, and maintain repair documentation while collaborating cross-functionally across the organization.

The role requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent, strong communication, and rail cost estimating experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Two years of rail cost estimating experience preferred.
• AAR codes, standards, and regulation experience required.
• Ability to interface with all levels of the organization.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365.
• Experience reading blueprints or engineering models.
• Experience interpreting customer procedures and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Review in-bound inspection reports and validate findings.
• Prepare cost estimates and quotes based on customer criteria and procedures while maintaining AAR compliance.
• Source repair parts and materials based on drawing interpretation and customer criteria (research and requisition).
• Review shop instructions and develop comprehensive work orders based on customer requirements.
• Prepare and maintain records and documentation pertaining to repairs to include invoices, AAR billing repair cards, and testing documentation.
• Additional technician duties as required.

Skills

Interfacing across organization

Rail cost estimating

AAR regulations knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Blueprint reading

Customer procedures interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Delivering Goods For The Good Of All™ - TrinityRail

While _TrinityRail_ has built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, it’s what’s inside our cars that counts. We are proud to manufacture, maintain, and manage the railcars that deliver the indispensable goods that keep our lives, and our economy, rolling. “Delivering Goods For The Good Of All” is why we proudly come to work each day, and this is why our company exists. This is our purpose._TrinityRail_ provides- Railcar Manufacturing: https://www.trinityrail.com/products/- Railcar Leasing Solutions: https://www.trinityrail.com/leasing/- Railcar Maintenance & Parts: https://www.trinityrail.com/maintenance/- Fleet Management Services: https://www.trinityrail.com/fleet-management/For more information, visit us at trinityrail.com.Learn more about Trinsight®: https://www.trinityrail.com/trinsight/Trinsight is _TrinityRail_ 's cloud-based platform purpose-built to bring your fleet into focus, allowing you to transform and streamline your supply chain with real-time tracking, analysis and management features that modern logistics demandsVideo tranFor decades, _TrinityRail_ has been delivering the goods that keep North America moving. A humble promise to transport the everyday things that make everybody's lives better. It's our commitment to being stewards of the supply chain connecting companies with customers. People with products and Delivering Goods for the Good of All. While we've built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, to us it's what's on the inside that counts. And the purpose these products serve for you like grain the secret ingredient for making memories, or gravel that paves the way for a getaway, fuel to power the road trip of a lifetime, cars that transport us to exciting new places, and essential chemicals that purify our water food and promote a healthy way of life. Indispensable goods that truly move us and keep our lives, and our economy rolling. TrinityRail is proud to

TrinityRail Maintenance Services, Inc is searching for a talented team player to fill the open position of Cost Estimating Professional in our Fort Worth, TX facility. We provide a complete array of railcar maintenance services. We welcome your business leadership and people leadership and drive to excellence. Join our team today and be a part of Delivering Goods for the Good of All.

The Cost Estimating Professional is responsible for preparing accurate cost estimates and customer quotes in compliance with AAR regulations. This individual sources materials, develops work orders, and maintains repair documentation while collaborating cross-functionally across the organization.

What You’ll Do:

• Review in-bound inspection reports and validate findings.
• Prepare cost estimates and quotes based on customer criteria and procedures while maintaining AAR compliance.
• Source repair parts and materials based on drawing interpretation and customer criteria (research and requisition).
• Review shop instructions and develop comprehensive work orders based on customer requirements.
• Prepare and maintain records and documentation pertaining to repairs to include invoices, AAR billing repair cards, and testing documentation.
• Additional technician duties as required.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Ability to interface and communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Two years of rail cost estimating experience preferred.
• AAR Codes, standards, and regulation experience required.
• Ability to work across the various functions of the organization and with external partners.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 (M365).
• Experience reading blueprints or engineering models.
• Experience interpreting customer procedures and specifications required.

EOE

Trinity Industries, Inc., and its subsidiary or affiliated companies (hereinafter “Trinity”) are committed to equal employment opportunity. It is our policy to consider candidates for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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