Job Description
Job Title: Estimator Fabrications & Machine
Location: Coventry (with some travel)
Salary: 50k - 55k
Working Arrangement: Full-time, permanent, on-site
About the Company:
We are recruiting on behalf of a leading global provider of precision engineering and manufacturing solutions, specialising in complex metallic components for the aerospace, defence, and industrial sectors. With a strong background in machining and fabrication, its Coventry site plays a key role in delivering high-quality, cost-effective solutions to major OEMs and Tier 1 customers across both commercial and military aerospace markets.
The organisation is committed to continuous improvement, innovation, and the development of its people to support long-term growth and customer excellence.
About the Role:
Our client is seeking an experienced Estimating Engineer to support the development of accurate and competitive cost estimates for metallic aerospace components.
- Interpreting customer data as received
- Collating customer data into manageable formats to enable functions to support estimating
- Interfacing with customers engineers and buyers for data closure, clarification.
- Launching RFP to nominated suppliers for part costs
- Calculating labour hours related to fabricated parts and machining hours for machined parts
- Working with suppliers for treatments and other subcontracted processes for costs and lead-times
- Collating costs related NRC for tooling, jigs, fixture and engineering hours.
- Creating estimating cost roll up files for total cost estimates
- Proposing machines suited to packages of work in customer estimates
- Working with India estimating back office to realise commercial estimates.
- Assisting with business case justification and ROI decisions
About You:
- Previous strong experience in the metallic parts industry in Aerospace Engines, both military and commercial
- Experience of cost database and estimation tools
- Working with Microsoft Excel
- Good communicator with suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Practical thinker able to check work by seeing the top level
- Sound mathematics skills
- Engineering / Operations background - preferably in metallics parts fabrication and machining