Manufacturing Cost Estimator & Margin Strategist

Deringer--ney-Inc.; Bloomfield (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Deringer--ney-Inc. in Bloomfield, CT is seeking a Production Estimator to manage product costing, re-costing, and price lists.

The role requires familiarity with engineering routings, drawings, specs, labor and material standards, and outside vendor costs to produce margin-based pricing recommendations. Responsibilities include establishing costing templates, reviewing BOMs and routers with NPI and finance, and collaborating with sales and production to meet quoting goals.

Qualifications

• Experience with engineering drawings and an understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerances.
• Understanding of basic shop math to perform volume calculations.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes (and costing thereof) for tooling, plastic injection molding, production machining or progressive die stamping.
• Basic use of CAD.
• Understanding of material manufacturing processes (and costing thereof): strip rolling, wire drawing, casting, and heat treating.
• Good communication skills, both written and oral.
• Basic understanding of inspection and measurement methods.
• Establish a product costing template to support effective and accurate costing of product quotations.
• Understand all costs associated with refining of precious metals.
• Fully understand overhead and direct labor rates by department by location. Assist with modeling costs for new business opportunities.
• Understand pricing methodologies to maximize gross margin.
• Review BOM/Routers and work with NPI and finance to fix obvious errors.

Responsibilities

• Develop margin sheets with suggested prices based on management guidance and prior quoting activity.
• Produce pricing documentation and participate in cost analyses for quotations.
• Collaborate with sales, engineering, and finance to ensure accurate costing and competitive pricing.

Skills

Customer Quoting System

MRP system

Excel/Word familiarity

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Tools

ERP software

Job description

Deringer--ney-Inc. in Bloomfield, CT is seeking a Production Estimator to manage product costing, re-costing, and price lists.

The role requires familiarity with engineering routings, drawings, specs, labor and material standards, and outside vendor costs to produce margin-based pricing recommendations. Responsibilities include establishing costing templates, reviewing BOMs and routers with NPI and finance, and collaborating with sales and production to meet quoting goals.