Manufacturing Cost Estimator / Pricer

Location: San Antonio, TX

Workplace: On-site

Employment Type: Full-time, Exempt

Position Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented Manufacturing Cost Estimator / Pricer to support our manufacturing company that produces unique components and assemblies for the defense industry.

The Pricer will interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and customer requirements; develop accurate bills of material and parts lists; resolve material, component, and obsolescence issues with customers; coordinate pricing with internal buyers; enter pricing information into the company's ERP system; and prepare professional quotes IAW the company's terms and conditions.

This position requires strong technical comprehension, attention to detail, commercial awareness, and the ability to manage multiple requests for quotation while maintaining accuracy and responsiveness.

Essential Responsibilities:

Quote and Drawing Review

• Review customer RFQs, engineering drawings, specifications, statements of work, and supporting documentation.

• Break down drawings and technical documentation into a complete bill of material, parts list, or procurement requirements.

• Identify raw materials, purchased components, hardware, outside processing, special processes, and other cost elements.

• Determine whether quoted work is build-to-print, customer-designed, or subject to

• Identify missing, incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous information that could affect pricing, schedule, or manufacturability.

• Confirm drawing revisions, specifications, quantities, quality requirements, and delivery

Customer Coordination

• Communicate with customers regarding obsolete, unavailable, substituted, or difficult-to-source components.
• Request clarification on technical and commercial issues affecting the
• Document customer responses, approved substitutions, assumptions, and
• Coordinate with engineering, quality, purchasing, and operations as needed to resolve quote-related issues.
• Ensure customer requirements and quote assumptions are accurately reflected in the final proposal.

Material and Supplier Pricing

• Prepare accurate parts lists and purchasing requirements for the buying
• Provide buyers with clear descriptions, part numbers, revisions, quantities, specifications, units of measure, and applicable quality requirements.
• Review buyer-provided pricing for completeness and consistency with the
• Identify missing prices, unusual cost variances, minimum order quantities, lead-time concerns, and potential obsolescence risks.
• Coordinate with buyers and internal stakeholders to obtain updated or corrected pricing when necessary.

ERP and Quote Preparation

• Enter material, purchased-part, labor, outside-processing, and other required pricing information into the company's ERP system.

• Verify that ERP entries accurately reflect the current RFQ, drawing revision, quantity, and quote assumptions.

• Coordinate with Finance to ensure appropriate company rates, overhead, and other pricing factors are applied.

• Prepare professional quotes using approved company formats

• Include applicable terms and conditions, delivery information, validity periods, assumptions, exclusions, and customer-specific requirements.

• Perform a final review of all quotations before submission to ensure accuracy, completeness, and professional presentation.

• Maintain organized quote files and supporting documentation in accordance with company procedures.

Process Improvement and Compliance

• Maintain accurate records of RFQs, quote status, customer communications, assumptions, and approvals.
• Support improvements to estimating, purchasing, ERP, and quote-generation
• Help develop and maintain standard estimating templates, checklists, and pricing
• Protect customer, company, and defense-related information in accordance with company policies and applicable contractual requirements.
• Follow all applicable export-control, cybersecurity, quality, and record-retention procedures
• Perform other related duties as

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent

• Two or more years of experience in manufacturing estimating, purchasing, pricing, quoting, production planning, or a related function.

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, bills of material, specifications, and revision levels.

• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to work accurately with part numbers, quantities, revisions, and pricing data.

• Experience using an ERP system, manufacturing business system, or comparable

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PDF-based document preparation

• Strong written and verbal communication

• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple RFQs with competing

• Ability to work independently while coordinating effectively with buyers, finance, engineering, operations, and customers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting aerospace, defense, electronics, precision machining, fabrication, or other contract manufacturing environments.
• Experience working with build-to-print
• Familiarity with manufacturing materials, purchased components, hardware, outside processing, and special processes.
• Experience developing bills of material or detailed parts lists from engineering
• Experience working with defense prime contractors or their
• Familiarity with customer portals and electronic RFQ
• Knowledge of controlled technical data, export-control requirements, or government contracting environments.
• Experience with quoting, estimating, purchasing, or ERP systems such as insert system name.
• Associate degree or technical coursework in manufacturing, engineering technology, business, supply chain, or a related field.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to analyze technical documentation and convert it into actionable purchasing and pricing requirements.

• Ability to recognize discrepancies, omissions, and risks before a quotation is

• Strong numerical reasoning and data-entry accuracy

• Ability to understand cost drivers, supplier quotations, lead times, and commercial

• Professional customer service and follow-up skills

• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and nontechnical

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive customer information

• Ability to meet deadlines without sacrificing quote

• Ability to adapt to changing customer requirements and priorities

Performance Expectations

Success in this position will be measured by:

• Accuracy and completeness of bills of material and parts
• Timely response to assigned
• Accuracy of ERP pricing entries and quote documentation
• Reduction of quote errors, omissions, and pricing
• Effective identification and resolution of obsolescence and availability
• Quality and professionalism of customer
• Proper documentation of assumptions, exclusions, clarifications, and customer
• Effective coordination with purchasing, finance, engineering, operations, and customers

Working Conditions

• Primarily office-based work with regular use of computers, ERP systems, engineering drawings, spreadsheets, email, and PDF documents.
• May periodically visit the manufacturing floor to understand processes, materials, and production requirements.
• Requires extended periods of reviewing technical documents and entering data

Work may involve customer information and technical data subject to company security and contractual requirements.

Physical Requirements

This is a standard office environment and requires lifting and moving of standard personal computers, files, and supplies.

Equipment Used

Personal computers, software, and government phone systems and networks.

AAP/EEO Statement X Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Applicants that do not meet the minimum requirements will not be considered for the position.

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