Manufacturing Estimator

Title: Manufacturing Estimator Location: Topeka, KS Responsibilities: Develop a full understanding of IMI estimating policies, procedures, and company/industry standards. Identify scope of work, perform quantity analysis, and prepare cost estimates. Build and develop vendor relations and strategies Solicit quotations from material vendors and subcontractors, evaluate responses and make recommendations. Create written proposals and corresponding presentations to ensure that customer needs and expectations are clearly communicated and accurately documented. Receive, review, and process costing inquiries from both internal and external sources. Develop schedules that accurately reflect the scope of the work and confirm alignment with priorities and resource allocation. Critical path must be defined. Communicate regularly with supply chain to ensure most recent and accurate pricing is available. Communicate regularly with operations management to ensure the most recent labor rates are available. Review and assist with development of project scope. Collect historical cost data to estimate costs for current or future projects. Prepare estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work. Qualifications: You believe anything worth doing is worth doing right, no matter how "small". You live in the details. You have the motivation and ability to learn and improve processes and tools. You enjoy thinking critically and solving problems. You communicate clearly and concisely in both written and verbal form. You are proficient in MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, and PowerPoint. You have experience or are ready to learn ERP and Project Management Software. You have minimum of 2 years of relevant experience (Construction or Material Handling preferred) and a college degree (Bachelor's in Finance, Accounting, or Engineering preferred) or equivalent experience. You have or wish to pursue your PCEA certification or something similar.