Junior Estimation Engineer

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Position: Junior Estimation Engineer -

Filipino Only

Key Responsibilities: General and Task Management
• Determine cost estimate targets during the design and development process, recommending cost effective solutions
• Gather proposals, specifications and related documents and liaise with stakeholders in order to convert specifications to cost estimates for new and current products
• Utilize cost methodologies and tools and appropriate software models and packages to prepare and maintain reliable and accurate data
• Establish cost estimates of production processes and tooling costs and review alternatives or put forward recommendations for improvement
• Assess cost effectiveness of products and track actual costs relative to budget and report status on a regular basis to ensure costs are in line with forecasts
• Monitor and review data and information to detect or assess problems
• Investigate and identify cost reduction opportunities through cost analysis review
• Contribute to cost monitoring and reporting systems and procedures and monitor trends
• Prepare cost and expenditure statements, reports and other necessary documentation at regular intervals to share with others in the business
• Support all activities in cost estimating and take a proactive approach towards improvements

Relationship Management
• Liaise with stakeholders and support management decisions by providing appropriate cost information and data
• Provide cost estimates during change process and advice of cost impact of changes. Track and monitor activity
• Work with stakeholders to ensure estimates are accurate and to make appropriate adjustments and resolve issues
• Analyze supplier quotes and provide information and data, which aids communications with suppliers and customers and achieves cost optimization.
• Ensure supplier quotations meet ‘should cost’ estimates
• Support supplier meetings and negotiations to challenge quotation prices and aim for cost reductions to meet target costs
• Support and utilize experience to aid best practice in the supplier process in conjunction with members of the purchasing team
• Liaise with purchasing department to provide continued feedback to ensure competitive pricing
Self-Management
• Adhere to any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of self, staff and visitors
• Assertive, resilient and welcomes change
• Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others
• Proactively contributes to the team
• Actively committed to teams development
• Is self-aware and optimistic
• Shows moral courage, openness and honesty in all dealings

Skills and Attributes:
• Good communication skills with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally
• Good interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills
• Commercially and financially aware
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong technical mindset and able to read and interpret technical data and translate to others
• Highly numerate with the ability to research, assemble manage and manipulate numerical information
• Knowledge of estimating techniques
• Results orientated and organized with the ability to deliver against deadlines
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy skills

Project management skills Qualifications and Experience Levels:
• Relevant business/commercial or manufacturing/engineering degree preferred, ONC, A Levels, City & Guilds Level 3, BTec National Diploma Level 3, IVQ Technician Diploma or equivalent NVQ level 3 qualification
• Some previous experience of cost estimating, ideally in an automotive, manufacturing or engineering environment
• Good IT systems knowledge and skills including advanced Excel skills
• Ideally experienced in the use of spreadsheets, estimating pricing models and cost management tools
• Able to show evidence of adding value and cost optimization
• Knowledge and understanding of a variety of manufacturing/automotive processes and components and ability to evaluate and analyse associated costs
• Membership of an appropriate professional body would be advantageous

Basic Details

salary : 2000 -4000 QAR

Location : New Industrial Area

Qualification :

Posted : 4 months ago

Job Type : Full-Time

Company : FANAR NEON & ADV

Posted By: Fanar Neon Advertising

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