Project Estimator

MAU Workforce Solutions; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

MAU Workforce Solutions in Columbia, SC seeks a Technical Project Estimator to drive pricing strategy for complex water treatment and process systems. You will evaluate technical risk, build bottom-up cost estimates, and collaborate with engineering and finance to define scope.

You will gather client requirements, review RFPs, and negotiate vendor quotes to ensure alignment with project quality and profitability targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Engineering or related field; experience may substitute.
• 5+ years in project estimating or technical project management in manufacturing/industrial environments.
• Ability to read and estimate costs from P&IDs, drawings, material take-offs, and client specs.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical and financial risk evaluations to support Bid/No-Bid decisions.
• Develop comprehensive bottom-up cost estimates for equipment, process piping, skid assemblies, and turnkey systems.

Skills

Cost estimation

Risk assessment

Project management

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Job description

As a Technical Project Estimator, you will sit at the critical intersection of business development, engineering, and execution. You will drive our pricing strategy, evaluate technical risk, and build accurate bottom-up cost estimates for complex water treatment and process systems.

You will analyze client specifications, collect technical requirements, evaluate bid/no bid opportunities, and compile comprehensive cost models (material, labor, vendor quotes). You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and finance to quantify risk, and define scope boundaries.

Compensation & Benefits:

Competitive market salary range based on experience and skill set. Generous benefits package including 401(k), medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, generous paid time off and holidays, and a flexible work schedule.

All candidates must be able to pass a drug test, pre-employment physical, and background investigation.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Engineering or other related field. Experience in lieu of degree to be considered.
• Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in project estimating, technical project management, or application engineering within a custom equipment manufacturing or industrial/operations plant environment.
• Technical Acumen: Ability to read, interpret, and estimate costs directly for P&IDs, fabrication drawings, material take-offs, and client technical specifications.

Key Responsibilities

Bid/No-Bid Decisioning & Risk Assessment

• Lead technical and financial risk evaluations to support executive Bid/No-Bid decision-making.
• Assess project technical feasibility, shop capacity, schedule constraints, and cost drivers against company capability and profitability targets.
• Formulate risk mitigation strategies and translate technical uncertainties into quantified cost contingencies.
• Develop comprehensive, bottom-up cost estimates for custom equipment, process piping, skid assemblies, and turnkey systems-including direct labor, materials, equipment, tooling, and subcontractor costs.
• Establish contingency, overhead, and margin recommendations based on detailed risk profiles and technical complexity.

Requirement Gathering & Scope Definition

• Review and analyze client RFPs, technical specifications, P&IDs, 3D models, and scope documents to extract precise technical requirements.
• Solicit, evaluate, and negotiate vendor and subcontractor quotes to ensure alignment with project quality standards and client specifications.

MAU Workforce Solutions is an innovative global company with extensive experience providing solutions for success in staffing, recruiting, technology and outsourcing to our clients, employees, and applicants. Headquartered in Augusta, GA since 1973, MAU is a family and minority-owned company offering better processes and better people to create efficiencies and greater profits for our clients. Our relationships with world-class companies, our training programs and our culture of family allow MAU to offer better results, better jobs, and better lives to those who work with us.

All Applicants must submit to background check and drug screening

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position