Thank you for all of the responses to earlier postings for field service and project management. Please check out this new opportunity.....
•My client has an immediate opportunity for a seasoned Project estimating professional
•This position will be based at the corporate headquarters in the Aurora, IL area and requires one to two nights per month of overnight travel to customer sites.
•This opportunity offers a chance to be part of a small (100 employees), established (since 1983), but rapidly growing company that is a key supplier to a vital industry sector, the Electric Power Generation Industry.
•If your contributions are not visible and recognized today; they will be in this organization.
•This position offers an opportunity to apply your professional skills and education at a key supplier of coal dust suppression equipment and chemical dust suppression systems. This firm has a leading market share the markets it serves.
•If you qualify, this position could represent an opportunity to enter a growing and well managed company that has doubled in sales revenue and employment in the past five years while remaining a small and agile organization. So if you wish to position your skills and contributions into a critical and visible position during a period of well managed expansion your should read further and apply.
Primary Functions
•This position coordinates the efforts of proposal development and pricing for customer requests. On occasion, the Manager of Estimating visits Coal Burning Utility Power Plants to obtain data to prepare high quality estimates and determine technical details to meet customer requirements.
•Performs analyses of customer specifications for material handling systems (conveying, crushers, belts and steel) to determine the component cost estimates associated with each design.
•This position develops comprehensive cost proposals for projects requiring the company’s technologies and services. These proposals include design, fabrication, installation costs, pricing and preliminary schedules.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
-Extracts the essential information from various applications engineers so that they develop financially and technically sound proposals that meet profit targets.
-Tracks and organizes all data related to generating costs for the company’s products. This can include past proposals, past project, system component costs, purchased component costs, labor and other.
-Identifies customer problem or task to be accomplished; reviews specifications and determines specific components that are required to accomplish the task.
-Prepares estimates and is required to meet budget constraints. Reviews and helps develop system designs and engineering configuration details to meet requirements.
-Develops estimating procedures and methods to improve productivity, accuracy and turnaround of proposals.
-Coordinates product proposals, including text, pricing, preliminary design details and drawings. Conducts a review on all proposals generated by a team of three application engineers.
-Researches new components to incorporate into system designs
-Periodically monitors in-field testing of new systems
-Performs additional projects and activities as may from time to time be required
Requirements
Batchelor’s degree (BSME, BSCE or BSMET) is preferred.
The various “disciplines” or experience of the ideal candidate includes;
Knowledge of Transfer Chute designs and functionality
Knowledge of fluid pumping systems
Experience in steel fabrication and forming and associated cost structures
Experience and application of conveying industry work including; belt scrapers, idlers, skirt rubber and seals
Knowledge of steel building construction and the balance of the plant such as drainage, electrical systems, foundations and MCC’s
Minimal Requirements
-5 years minimum experience in application engineering with material handling systems with a minimum of three years of direct supervision of an estimating organization or department.
-Ability to travel to customer sites (10%)
-Ability to climb ladders and stairs; working in tight quarters
-Ability to drive a motor vehicle
Desired Skill Set
Prior experience as a first line supervisor of technical professionals
Knowledge of coal and how it is used in an electrical power plant
High PC proficiency with MS access, Word and Excel
Prior experience on complex long cycle sales proposals
Effective persuasive skills and listening skills is required
Experience with RS Means estimated software is preferred
Other Information
This company offers and excellent healthcare and dental coverage program, a 401(k) retirement/savings plan with matching company contributions and discretionary profit sharing, ten (10) company paid holidays, one (1) week vacation after six months of service and two (2) weeks of vacation after one year of service, three weeks of paid vacation after five (5) years of company service.
This is the top estimating position in a company with $50 million of sales revenue. Because of this visibility candidates should be able to interact with internal and external customers very effectively. Candidates with this knowledge who are working in the aggregates processing industry or are employed in the construction engineering industry have transferable skills and should apply.
Potential exists for career advancement to sales management or a design engineering path.
Base pay ranges from $80,000 to $105,000 with an annual incentive program
Please apply. You can be assured that only after you have been contacted by us and you agree that this is a good situation that you wish to pursue, will we forward your resume to our client.
The company will conduct background investigations and drug screening of candidates for employment.
ESTIMATOR-Manager of Estimating and Applicaitons Engineering
Thank you for all of the responses to earlier postings for field service and project management. Please check out this new opportunity.....
•My client has an immediate opportunity for a seasoned Project estimating professional
•This position will be based at the corporate headquarters in the Aurora, IL area and requires one to two nights per month of overnight travel to customer sites.
•This opportunity offers a chance to be part of a small (100 employees), established (since 1983), but rapidly growing company that is a key supplier to a vital industry sector, the Electric Power Generation Industry.
•If your contributions are not visible and recognized today; they will be in this organization.
•This position offers an opportunity to apply your professional skills and education at a key supplier of coal dust suppression equipment and chemical dust suppression systems. This firm has a leading market share the markets it serves.
•If you qualify, this position could represent an opportunity to enter a growing and well managed company that has doubled in sales revenue and employment in the past five years while remaining a small and agile organization. So if you wish to position your skills and contributions into a critical and visible position during a period of well managed expansion your should read further and apply.
Primary Functions
•This position coordinates the efforts of proposal development and pricing for customer requests. On occasion, the Manager of Estimating visits Coal Burning Utility Power Plants to obtain data to prepare high quality estimates and determine technical details to meet customer requirements.
•Performs analyses of customer specifications for material handling systems (conveying, crushers, belts and steel) to determine the component cost estimates associated with each design.
•This position develops comprehensive cost proposals for projects requiring the company’s technologies and services. These proposals include design, fabrication, installation costs, pricing and preliminary schedules.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
-Extracts the essential information from various applications engineers so that they develop financially and technically sound proposals that meet profit targets.
-Tracks and organizes all data related to generating costs for the company’s products. This can include past proposals, past project, system component costs, purchased component costs, labor and other.
-Identifies customer problem or task to be accomplished; reviews specifications and determines specific components that are required to accomplish the task.
-Prepares estimates and is required to meet budget constraints. Reviews and helps develop system designs and engineering configuration details to meet requirements.
-Develops estimating procedures and methods to improve productivity, accuracy and turnaround of proposals.
-Coordinates product proposals, including text, pricing, preliminary design details and drawings. Conducts a review on all proposals generated by a team of three application engineers.
-Researches new components to incorporate into system designs
-Periodically monitors in-field testing of new systems
-Performs additional projects and activities as may from time to time be required
Requirements
Batchelor’s degree (BSME, BSCE or BSMET) is preferred.
The various “disciplines” or experience of the ideal candidate includes;
Knowledge of Transfer Chute designs and functionality
Knowledge of fluid pumping systems
Experience in steel fabrication and forming and associated cost structures
Experience and application of conveying industry work including; belt scrapers, idlers, skirt rubber and seals
Knowledge of steel building construction and the balance of the plant such as drainage, electrical systems, foundations and MCC’s
Minimal Requirements
-5 years minimum experience in application engineering with material handling systems with a minimum of three years of direct supervision of an estimating organization or department.
-Ability to travel to customer sites (10%)
-Ability to climb ladders and stairs; working in tight quarters
-Ability to drive a motor vehicle
Desired Skill Set
Prior experience as a first line supervisor of technical professionals
Knowledge of coal and how it is used in an electrical power plant
High PC proficiency with MS access, Word and Excel
Prior experience on complex long cycle sales proposals
Effective persuasive skills and listening skills is required
Experience with RS Means estimated software is preferred
Other Information
This company offers and excellent healthcare and dental coverage program, a 401(k) retirement/savings plan with matching company contributions and discretionary profit sharing, ten (10) company paid holidays, one (1) week vacation after six months of service and two (2) weeks of vacation after one year of service, three weeks of paid vacation after five (5) years of company service.
This is the top estimating position in a company with $50 million of sales revenue. Because of this visibility candidates should be able to interact with internal and external customers very effectively. Candidates with this knowledge who are working in the aggregates processing industry or are employed in the construction engineering industry have transferable skills and should apply.
Potential exists for career advancement to sales management or a design engineering path.
Base pay ranges from $80,000 to $105,000 with an annual incentive program
Please apply. You can be assured that only after you have been contacted by us and you agree that this is a good situation that you wish to pursue, will we forward your resume to our client.
The company will conduct background investigations and drug screening of candidates for employment.
Contact Phil@sptintl.com or 302 644 8351 ■