Senior Manufacturing Estimator

Perfecto Tool & Engineering Co.; Anderson (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Perfecto Tool and Engineering Co., Inc. is seeking a senior manufacturing estimator with extensive hands-on shop experience to convert customer requirements into accurate machine shop quotes.

You will define processes, build routings, estimate setup and run times by work center, and verify capacity before submitting bids. Collaboration with Sales, Engineering, and Operations is essential to win work that fits capacity and profitability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on estimating in a machine shop with routings and setup times.
• Experience with CNC milling and turning processes.
• Ability to identify cost drivers and risks before quoting.
• Strong communication with Sales, Eng, and Operations.
• Formal estimating experience required at senior level.
• Degree helpful but not required with experience.

Responsibilities

• Review drawings, GD&T, specs to establish scope.
• Build routings with sequences, centers, times, tooling, inputs.
• Estimate setup and run times by work center.
• Validate capacity and lead times against shop load.
• Document assumptions and risks for quotes.
• Support quote reviews and pricing decisions.

Skills

Estimating experience

CNC milling

CNC turning

Capacity planning

ERP systems

JobBOSS

Process knowledge

Education

Associate or Bachelor's degree in machining/engineering

Tools

JobBOSS

ERP software

Job description

Perfecto Tool and Engineering Co., Inc. is growing, adding customers and capabilities while investing in a new building, our team, technology, processes, and systems. We are looking for an experienced manufacturing professional who understands how work is actually made and can turn that knowledge into accurate, competitive, and commercially sound estimates.

This role is built for a proven machine shop estimator. You will use your estimating experience and hands-on knowledge of machining processes to build routings, set realistic cycle and setup times, test quotes against shop capacity, and help Perfecto decide what work to pursue and how to win it. You may already be a senior estimator in a job shop or contract machining environment, or a cost or quoting engineer with direct ownership of machine shop quotes and routings.

Mission of the Position

The Senior Manufacturing Estimator converts customer requirements into accurate, timely, and competitive machine shop estimates. Working closely with Sales, Engineering, and Operations, you will define the manufacturing process and routing for each job, estimate setup and run times by work center, confirm the work fits available capacity, and document assumptions and risks. Success means better quote quality, faster turnaround, routings the shop can run as quoted, and winning work that fits our capacity and supports profitable growth.

What You Will Own

• Review customer drawings, GD&T, specifications, models, and supporting information to establish scope, manufacturability, and the best machining approach.
• Build detailed routings with operation sequences, work centers, setup and cycle times, tooling and fixturing, material requirements, outside processes, and other cost inputs.
• Identify cost drivers, technical risks, missing information, and potential failure points before quoting.
• Document assumptions, exclusions, risks, and open questions so commercial and manufacturing teams understand each estimate.
• Evaluate machine and labor capacity by work center, flag bottlenecks, and set lead times that reflect the current shop load.
• Partner with Sales, Engineering, and Operations to validate methods, routings, and capacity assumptions, and support quote reviews and disciplined pursue, no-pursue, and pricing decisions.
• Compare estimated routings, hours, and costs with actual job results, then refine time standards, estimating tools, and standard work.

The Experience We Are Looking For

• Proven, hands-on estimating experience in a high-mix, low-volume CNC machine shop, job shop, or precision tooling environment. Strong machine shop estimating is essential.
• Deep knowledge of machine shop processes, including CNC milling and turning, multi-axis machining, grinding, EDM, fixturing, tooling, materials, and common outside processes such as heat-treat and plating.
• Proven ability to build accurate routings and estimate setup and cycle times by operation and work center from drawings and models.
• Experience with capacity planning, including work center loading, bottleneck analysis, and setting realistic lead times. ERP-based estimating and routing experience is a plus; JobBOSS experience is a strong plus.
• Commercial judgment that balances accuracy, competitiveness, risk, capacity, customer value, and profitability, plus clear communication with Sales, Engineering, Operations, customers, and suppliers.
• Confidence asking questions and challenging weak assumptions.
• Ability to manage multiple estimates and deadlines without losing important details.
• Formal machine shop estimating experience is required. We are looking for senior estimators, cost or quoting engineers, and manufacturing or process engineers who have owned quotes, routings, and capacity assumptions in a machining environment. Experienced machinists or toolmakers will be considered when they bring direct, substantial estimating and routing responsibility.
• An associate or bachelor’s degree in machining, engineering, manufacturing, or a related discipline is helpful but not required when equivalent manufacturing experience demonstrates the ability to succeed.

What Success Looks Like

• Quotes delivered within agreed turnaround times, with clear, supportable manufacturing assumptions.
• Important cost drivers and technical risks identified before submission, with assumptions, exclusions, and open questions documented.
• Trust earned through responsiveness, technical credibility, and commercial judgment.
• Routings and time standards that closely match actual shop results, with estimate quality improved through job-cost feedback.
• Quoted lead times the shop can meet, and work won that fits Perfecto's capabilities, capacity, customers, and growth strategy.

Why Join Perfecto

You will influence more than the price on a quote: what work we pursue, how we manufacture it, what risks we accept, and where we build capability. Perfecto's investment in our team development, manufacturing environment, technology, and estimating methods offers meaningful technical ownership, access to manufacturing leadership, and participation in building a stronger commercial and operational system. As Perfecto grows, this role offers a visible path toward broader commercial or operational leadership.

Perfecto Core Purpose

We serve our partners by manufacturing innovative solutions with precision craftsmanship.

Perfecto Core Values

Customer Experience

Deliver our passion through service
Our passion is to create solutions for our customers. The quality of our work and our unparalleled service exceed expectations of our customers to build lifelong trust in our relationships with partners. Our customers are an extension of our team through creative collaboration and a relentless pursuit to deliver solutions. Together we create the Perfecto Experience.

Integrity

Driven by Principles
We are committed to our principles. This is illustrated by our sincere, honest, and respectful communication. Through quality of craftsmanship in the products we create, we are wholly accountable for every decision made and action performed at Perfecto.

Learning

Think, Act, Reflect (TAR): Make it Stick
At Perfecto, we take pride in learning. We do so through a process known as TAR (Think, Act, Reflect). We embrace technology to learn new ways to improve ourselves and the products we create. We seek to share our knowledge and experiences with others. We take time to choose the appropriate solution and reflect upon results; TAR we make learning stick!

Stewardship

Shepherd the legacy
We did not breathe life into Perfecto; with our care, Perfecto will be here after our limited time has passed. While honoring those who mentored and inspired us, we know Perfecto is greater than any individual. As good stewards, we care wisely for each other and our resources. We strengthen the Perfecto family through support, listening, and teaching.

If you are a seasoned machine shop estimator who knows how to route a job, estimate it accurately, and confirm the shop can deliver it, we want to hear from you. We are interested in estimating professionals who combine machining process knowledge, capacity awareness, communication, and commercial thinking.