Estimating Engineer

Support quote process/activity for commercial RFQ’s, contract pricing and re-quotes for existing jobs.  Works cross functionally with Sales/Commercial, Engineering and Operations and other functional areas as required to generate costing and pricing in response to customer inquiries.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities for Standard Quoting includes the following:

• Works closely with Hynes Sales Reps and Customer Service team to support New Quotes of Standard roll-forming opportunities under the direction of the Estimating Engineer

• Support Quote Sheet, Quote Tracking, Pipeline Updates, underlying data, and methodology with Sales and Commercial leadership of these items

• Works with Sales Reps to ensure RFQ / SJR submissions are complete.

• Works with Engineering, Operations and Procurement to develop detailed cost estimates.  Also works with Engineering to secure tooling quotes.

• Investigates, interprets, and makes recommendations related to customer specifications and requirements to aid in Hynes costing approach.

• Communicates with internal and external customers and responds to customer inquiries and support as required.

• Applies strong people/interaction skills to make well-developed oral and written communications.

• Collects technical and operational information from numerous Engineering, Commercial, Procurement and Operations sources to aid in decision making and refine/improve quote process and outcomes.

• Engages in other activities in support of Engineering as required

• Work with Sales/Commercial group to prioritize workload

• Other Engineering related tasks/duties as assigned

• Education and/or Experience: Associate orBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology.

• Prior estimating experience preferred, but not necessary, in related Manufacturing or Fabrication/Tool and Die/Roll forming/Stamping business.

• Sales experience or prior commercial role a plus.

Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings/prints required
• Prior Sales Estimating/Quoting experience
• AutoCAD and Inventor
• Microsoft Office, MS Project
• Extensive experience working with Excel is essential