Job Role: Estimating Engineer
Location: Warrington
Shift: Days Only
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 Per Annum (DOE)
Metalis is working in partnership with a specialist manufacturing company in Warrington who are looking to hire a Proposals Engineer on a permanent contract.
Job Duties:
- Providing engineering technical advice for fabricated filtration systems
- Liaising with Sales Team, Engineering Manager, production team and occasionally client contact points as necessary to understand their needs to agree scope of work
- Role is predominately internal, but if required, visit customer to discuss needs
- Understand customer problems and suggest solutions, leading to creating a proposal to provide these solutions.
- Preparing a design, costing and accurate estimates to the Sales Team / Commercial and Technical Director for fabricated items.
- Liaising with engineering manager to identify economical routes to manufacture and suggest cost optimizations, develop internal cost and lead time to execute the work.
- Sourcing and obtaining raw material / sub-contractor quotes as appropriate and negotiating best possible price.
- Assist sales team in preparation and creation of technical and commercial proposals including providing PDF, AutoCAD drawings for proposed items in a timely manner, product specifications and descriptions, and review of detailed quotations to customers as required.
- To ensure branding on documents is smart, clear and consistent.
- Provide support throughout the proposal and production stage until delivery and close out.
- Liaise throughout the project with production and suppliers ensuring all proposals meet the design proposed, design standards, codes and regulations, and are in line with project/customer requirements.
- Become familiar with main competitor products, with a view to suggesting and promoting USP's for product line
- Advice on advantages/disadvantages of competing products and suggesting improvements or changes to products through acquiring market knowledge.
Job Requirements:
- Ideally apprentice trained, HNC, HND or Degree qualified in engineering - Mechanical engineering, manufacturing & production engineering or similar.
- Excellent working knowledge of AutoCAD.
- To have a good knowledge of IT, including MS Office.
- Good understanding of design and engineering manufacturing procedures and knowledge of pressure equipment directive and any other appropriate regulations (e.g. ATEX)
- Ability to compile project documentation packs
- To be self-motivated and enthusiastic.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external contacts.
- To be able to communicate professionally in written responses to emails, RFI/RFPs.
- To be adaptable and have a flexible attitude to be able to cope with a demanding workload
- To have excellent organisational skills
- Be able to work accurately and in a logical manner
- Be able to communicate and liaise with colleagues at all levels, from a range of departments, such as Directors, management, members of the sales team, production and administration teams.
Salary & Shift:
- 40 hour working week
- Days only, Monday to Friday
- £35,000 - £40,000 Per Annum (DOE)
If you feel as though you have the background, skills and experience for this role then please apply today with your latest CV. A recruitment consultant will be in touch with all successful applications to discuss the company and role in more detail.