Senior Cost Estimator: Rotating Equipment Lead

MHI RJ Aviation Group; Houston (TX); Vor Ort; USD 130.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation in Houston seeks a Lead NUB Cost Estimator - Rotating Equipment to drive estimating from scope to proposal. You will coordinate inputs across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and finance, ensuring accurate, competitive cost estimates and leadership of estimating processes.

The role emphasizes improving estimating tools, data references, and PDCA-driven continuous improvement in a global context with the MCO Estimation team

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or related discipline.
• Experience in cost estimating, proposals, project execution, applications, procurement, project controls, or related industrial discipline.
• Ability to understand technical requirements and translate project scope into cost and resource requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and integrate inputs across multiple functions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional discussions and influence decisions without direct authority.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience developing or maintaining cost models, estimating tools, databases, or reports.

Aufgaben

• Lead the estimating process for MCO-I scope from technical scope definition through final customer proposal.
• Coordinate and integrate cost inputs from Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Finance, and other functions.
• Review project requirements and establish the appropriate scope, assumptions, work breakdown, and estimating basis.
• Review functional estimates for completeness, consistency, technical alignment, and cost basis; identify gaps, risks, and inconsistencies and facilitate resolution.
• Work closely with the MCO Estimation team in Japan to track, develop, update, and complete estimates and ensure local scope and execution requirements are accurately reflected.
• Consolidate functional inputs into an integrated estimate and communicate key cost drivers, assumptions, risks, exclusions, and competitiveness considerations.
• Maintain and develop market cost references, historical cost data, benchmarks, S-curves, estimating tools, and methodologies.
• Own the estimating PDCA process, using estimated-versus-actual performance, lessons learned, and market data to continuously improve estimating accuracy and competitiveness.
• Facilitate periodic cross-functional reviews to update the estimating basis, tools, cost history, assumptions, and processes.
• Support value engineering, cost optimization, and other initiatives to improve proposal competitiveness.

Kenntnisse

analytical skills

problem solving

communication skills

Excel proficiency

cost modeling

cross-functional leadership

multi-function coordination

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Related

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Jobbeschreibung

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation in Houston seeks a Lead NUB Cost Estimator - Rotating Equipment to drive estimating from scope to proposal. You will coordinate inputs across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and finance, ensuring accurate, competitive cost estimates and leadership of estimating processes.

The role emphasizes improving estimating tools, data references, and PDCA-driven continuous improvement in a global context with the MCO Estimation team