Project Estimator
Project Estimator
MDS Staffing
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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Metal Fabrication Company in St. Paul seeking an Estimator/Project Manager in the metal fabrication industry. This hire will have the ability to work with our customers’ drawings or requests and be able to analyze them and potentially have to reverse engineer them to get a product or part that is cost-effective and useful. To do this, the ideal candidate would have CAD experience, an understanding of a metal fabrication job shop and some sales and estimating experience. They would also need to project manage a job through the shop to ensure its success. The candidate would on occasion need to meet with the customer at their location or on a project site to get additional details.
Principal Responsibilities:
Work with customer personnel to understand product/part specifications. Prepare cost estimates, delivery schedules and sales terms in response to quote requests. Follow up with customers to maintain the status of quotes and deliveries. Apply knowledge of company capabilities and operations to determine material and labor hours needed for the completion of the job. Establish material requirements, vendor and subcontract selection, purchase materials and subcontract services. Create production routing for use in scheduling and workflow. Monitor and manage multiple jobs through all stages of the production process. Review completed jobs, price for billing and resolve customer issues. Provide improvement recommendations to cost estimating procedures to reduce future discrepancies between estimated and actual costs. Conduct special studies to establish cost data or effect cost reduction. Establish new accounts through cold and hot leads.
Preferred Requirements:
- Five or more years experience as an estimator-project manager in a metal fabrication environment
- Experience with CAD technology and fixture design preferred
- Demonstrate ability to effectively manage projects from concept to completion
- Ability to read architectural and structural plans
- Experience with ERP software
- Proficient skills in Microsoft Office preferred.
Required experience:
Metal Fabrication Industry: 3 years
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Seniority level
Associate -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Manufacturing and Project Management -
Industries
Fabricated Metal Products and Architectural and Structural Metal Manufacturing
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