Due to continued growth and succession planning Next Generation are currently recruiting for a Graduate Estimator to work for a well-established manufacturing business based near Rowley Regis. As the Graduate Estimator you will be responsible for supporting in the delivery of the company’s sales plan.
Working hours of the Graduate Estimator:
Monday to Friday 8am – 4.30pm
What’s on offer for the Graduate Estimator?
- Competitive package up to £25,000 p.a.
- A clear twelve month development plan
- 32 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
- Entry into the company pension scheme
Duties of the Graduate Estimator:
- Maintain regular contact with established customers.
- Support project management of Design/Make contracts working alongside the production departments.
- Preparation and submission of quotations.
- Provide timely and accurate estimates by:
- Reading and interpreting customer drawings and specifications
- Ensure forge dimensions will allow sufficient material to produce finished part.
- Calculation of material yields
- Calculating material sawing times
- Calculation of forge times
- Calculation of machining times
- Costing of all testing requirement
- Liaison with subcontractors to obtain external pricing and lead-time.
- Support contract review of new customer purchase orders.
- Reviewing and implementing any previous routing change requests or lessons learnt activities.
- Support production of manufacturing drawings.
- Investigation of variance to standard route.
- Work with other departments to resolve any manufacturing issues as they arise.
- Improvement of estimating and routing standardisation.
- Updating and maintaining estimation quotation database.
The successful candidate for the Graduate Estimator position will have the following experience:
- Qualified to Degree level or equivalent within a Mechanical Engineering bias (Essential)
- Ability to learn and build relationships (Essential)
- Strong adaptive attitude (Essential)
Due to the high number of applications, we receive, we are sometimes not able to respond directly to each candidate. If you haven’t been contacted within 14 days of your application, unfortunately you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Next Generation and the relevant client related to this vacancy.
Next Generation work in partnership with businesses across the UK who operate within Manufacturing, Logistics & Commercial sectors. We provide permanent and contract opportunities engaging with talented candidates looking to make their next career move.
