Position Title: Estimator
Wage: Based on Experience
A century-old Southeast Wisconsin steel fabricator - a job shop serving a loyal base of industrial customers - is adding a dedicated Estimator to own its quoting function. This is a newly created seat: you'll turn drawings into the takeoffs, BOMs, and quotes that keep the shop's backlog full and production running on accurate numbers.
What You'll Do:
- - Turn fabrication and architectural drawings into accurate material takeoffs, BOMs, and customer quotes
- - Own estimating end to end, from drawing review through final quote
- - Flag drawing discrepancies and work directly with customers to clear them up
- - Partner with purchasing on material availability and pricing
- - Build and manage quotes inside the company's JobBOSS ERP system
- - Give production clean, accurate job costing they can build to
What You'll Bring:
Required
- - Estimating experience in steel fabrication - takeoffs, quoting, and BOM development
- - Ability to read and interpret fabrication and architectural drawings
- - Working knowledge of structural steel components (angle, plate, beams, and similar)
- - Background in a job shop or custom fabrication environment
- - Comfort working close to a live production floor
- - Clear communication skills, with coworkers and customers alike
Preferred
- - Misc metals or miscellaneous steel background
- - Experience with repeat fabrication products (bins, structural assemblies, and similar)
- - Familiarity with JobBOSS or another fabrication ERP
- - Experience in a small-to-mid-size fabrication business
Why This Role:
- - A stable, 100+ year-old company with a strong name in Midwest fabrication
- - A dedicated estimating seat with real ownership - your quotes drive the shop's work
- - Direct access to ownership and high visibility for what you produce
- - Varied custom work, not the same parts on repeat
- - Competitive compensation for the right fit