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

Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience: Associate or Bachelor’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