ESTIMATOR

At Allegiant Manufacturing we pay our employees weekly. We care about our employees’ financial well-being and are invested in creating a work environment where our employees feel heard, valued, and taken care of. We strive to provide competitive wages & benefits to our employees. Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance go into effect day 61 of employment. Holiday pay and 401k goes into effect day one of employment.

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES are as follows:

·        Analyze customer requirements and establish best processes to meet those needs.

·        Identifies labor, material, and time requirements by studying proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents.

·        Computes costs by analyzing labor, material, and time requirements.

·        Resolves discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information.

·        Presents prepared estimate by assembling and displaying numerical and descriptive information.

·        Prepares cost reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.

·        Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

·        Collaborate with engineers, customers, suppliers, and management on estimates.

·        Gather information on materials needed, labor requirements, and other factors.

·        Work closely with the sales representatives to market and attract new and maintain existing customers.

·        Follow up with customers via phone and email

·        Be able to identify critical part requirements and determine the correct tooling process needed to process estimate.

·        Stays on task and requires very little supervision to achieve estimating goals and initiatives.

·        Organizational skills are a must.

·        Must be thorough and work well with customers and fellow co-workers.

·        Knowledge of Microsoft office products is a plus.

 SKILLS

•       Knowledge of metals and their physical and structural properties

•       Interpret and understand technical specifications.

•       Excellent planning, organization, communications and interpersonal skills

  Education and/or Experience:

High School diploma or general education degree (GED); and a minimum of four years related experience and/or vocational training; or experience in a metal fabrication shop.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to apply practical application of fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion, measurement, practical algebra, geometric construction, and essentials of trigonometry and to read and interpret metal rule, caliper and micrometer.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply principles of rational systems to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Specific hearing abilities required by this job include the ability to determine variances in tone, pitch, volume and the ability to discern direction of sound.

Working Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works in a normal office environment. This position occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and can be exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. Some dust, noise, oils, greases, grinding debris, compressed air, metal shavings, propane and solvents. Extended CRT viewing and keyboarding exists. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.