Job Title: Manufacturing Estimator
Location: Sheboygan County, WI
Type: Direct Hire
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7-4
Pay Range: $70k - $95k + bonus
Benefits: Yes. Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401(k), Paid holidays
Summary
Connect Search is hiring a Manufacturing Estimator in Sheboygan County.
Responsibilities
- Prepare detailed cost estimates for new and existing products, including materials, labor, routings, tooling, and outside services.
- Maintain quote sheets with current and accurate cost data.
- Analyze customer specifications to understand manufacturability and cost drivers.
- Quote outside processes and vendor-supplied components as required.
- Ensure timely delivery of quotes to internal teams and customers.
- Update and maintain product cost models on a regular basis.
- Perform periodic material or alloy cost updates and apply to customer-specific pricing.
- Review actual production costs versus estimates to improve quoting accuracy.
- Support Finance and Operations with cost-related analysis and reporting.
- Align product pricing with company strategy and margin targets.
- Participate in customer discussions to clarify technical requirements and manufacturing capabilities.
- Provide sales teams with technical input to support quoting, negotiations, and pricing discussions.
- Translate customer requirements into meaningful process routings and cost structures.
- Create and maintain production routings for new products and revise existing routings when processes change.
- Collaborate with engineering and operations to ensure routings reflect accurate labor, machine time, and material usage.
- Support the onboarding of newly awarded jobs into the ERP system with correct cost, routing, and pricing data.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in manufacturing cost estimating, cost accounting, sales engineering, or similar role.
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes, routing development, and cost structures.
- Ability to read drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
- Effective communication skills for both internal and customer-facing interactions.
