Project Estimator

About Bray International

 Founded in 1986 Bray International is a global leader in industrial valves, actuators, and control products, delivering innovative flow control solutions to customers in more than 40 countries. As a privately held company with nearly four decades of engineered excellence, Bray has built a strong reputation for high-performance products, superior value, and exceptional customer service. Our fully integrated product line serves over 12 diverse industries, meeting the rigorous demands of the process sector with reliability and precision. Driven by a long-standing commitment to excellence, Bray offers the stability of a trusted, privately owned organization that continues to grow through innovation, collaboration, and integrity. Guided by our vision to be the most respected and successful valve, actuator, and controls company in the world, Bray places people—our employees, customers, and partners—at the heart of everything we do. We pursue progress through continuous improvement, a family-like culture, and an entrepreneurial spirit that shapes the future of flow control solutions.

Position Overview

This is a singular opportunity to take your estimating or engineering career to the next level with Bray International's Commercial Division, a leading provider of electronic control valves and actuators. As Project Engineer/Estimator, based out of Bray's Houston campus, your focus will be maximizing sales growth, in two distinct ways. By taking key projects, conducting take-off/engineering review, and providing sales direction to a network of Bray sales offices. Using your engineering/estimating acumen in addition to working for an industry leading manufacturer, you will provide "value engineered" solutions to save customers' money and make their facilities more efficient. In the North American market that's experiencing steady growth, you'll represent electro-mechanical components that drive advances in the commercial building automation marketplace, including several unique and innovative valve product lines. If you're an engineering/estimating professional with an entrepreneurial spirit, this could be your ticket to a rewarding opportunity with a global company that is experiencing continual growth. Since Bray Commercial pursues a dynamic strategy in which innovation is recognized and rewarded, we're wide open to new ideas that will motivate staff in the field, elevate our product offerings to new heights and allow us to lionize our target markets.

As a Project Engineer/Estimator based in the Houston area, your first mission will be coming up to speed in our Houston headquarters on our Bray Commercial product suite. From product knowledge, to application, and technical competency; top candidates can hit the ground running, ideally because of prior industry/market experience.

If you're a game changing professional who can technically address the needs of the HVAC engineering community, you're someone with the earmarks of a successful candidate, and can excel in spanning the divide between design, and performance. We're looking for difference makers who can cite past success in the building automation technical/engineering sector. If that sounds like you, apply today. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Develops project objectives by reviewing project proposals and plans and conferring with management.
• Determines project specifications by studying product design, customer requirements, and performance standards.
• Conduct regular meetings with clients to ensure clarification and meet specific requirements in a timely manner.
• Completes technical studies and prepares cost estimates.
• Determines project schedule by studying project plan and specifications, calculating time requirements, and sequencing project elements.
• Maintains project schedule by monitoring project progress, coordinating with outside salesman, and resolving problems.
• Controls project plan by reviewing design, specifications, and plan, scheduling changes, and recommending actions.
• Prepares project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends; recommending actions.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by enforcing procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Maintains product and company reputation by complying with federal and state regulations.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Project management
• Manufacturing methods and procedures
• Process improvement
• Technical understanding
• Documentation skills
• Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Office 365
• Able to interpret Mechanical Plans and Specifications
• Control Valve & Actuator Knowledge is a Plus

Project Engineer – Estimator Requirements:

• 3 or more years' field and project experience.
• Control Valve & Actuator knowledge is a Plus
• Excellent computer literacy and knowledge of design and visualization software.
• Able to work with multiple discipline projects with a timely turnaround process.
• Excellent project management and supervision skills.
• Excellent organizational, time management, leadership, and decision-making skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelors degree.  

Please Note:

• Sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants who currently hold, or will require in the future, visa sponsorship (e.g., E, F-1/OPT/CPT, H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J, or TN) are ineligible

Why Work for Us?

At Bray International, we are the leading provider of industrial valves, actuators, and related control products, renowned for our innovative flow control solutions worldwide. Joining our team means becoming part of a company that values excellence, integrity, and collaboration.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Pay Plans
• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy industry-leading benefits effective the first of the month after you have worked 30 days, including:
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Paid holidays and vacation
• 401(k) plan with matching contributions
• Healthy Work Environment: We provide a smoke-free, drug-free workplace to ensure a safe and productive atmosphere for all employees.
• Career Growth: We are committed to your professional development, offering numerous opportunities for advancement within the organization.
• An Exceptional Company Culture: Bray is a Privately-owned and operated business with over 30 Years of Engineered Excellence

Join Bray International and be part of a dynamic team dedicated to shaping the future of flow control solutions!

As a federal subcontractor, Bray International Inc., its affiliates, and subsidiaries comply with the Drug-Free Workplace Act and applicable federal law. Employment is contingent upon a successful background screening and compliance with federal requirements, including drug testing for controlled substances under the federal Controlled Substances Act, which includes marijuana.  This requirement applies regardless of state or local marijuana/cannabis laws.