Estimator – Food Manufacturing Stainless Steel Fabrication

Our Concord client, a custom stainless steel fabricator of process equipment for the
pharmaceutical and food & beverage industries is looking for an Application Engineer.

Hours: 7:00am – 3:30pm Monday to Friday

Responsibilities:
• Prepares work to be estimated by gathering proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents.
• Identifies labour, material, and time requirements by studying proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents.
• Obtain material pricing and organize all the information necessary to create and submit proposals to clients
• Use ERP, detailed spreadsheets and company-approved formulas to calculate the projected costs of proposed projects
• Document total materials needed, including details regarding all codes, brands, and contact information necessary to process orders
• Computes costs by analyzing labour, material, and time requirements.
• Presents prepared estimate by assembling and displaying numerical and descriptive information
• Prepares special reports as required by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Use ERP system to maintain cost database
• Solicit and review subcontractor proposals and help with contract negotiations
• Work with various involved parties, such as designers, architects, owners, reps, and general contractors
• Site visits when required

Requirements:
• Minimum 3 years quoting/estimating custom fabrication and machine building
• Understand labour hours required in custom fabrication
• Good knowledge of welding, machining, sheet metal fabrication, polishing and other related trades
• Experience in reading tenders and writing contracts
• Experience with Solidworks preferred

Salary: Commensurate with Experience, Benefits