SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:
Job Title: Proposal Engineer/Estimator
Location: Pretoria (On-Site)
Type of Employment: Full-Time
Salary: Market-Related
Main Purpose:
- Prepares work to be estimated by gathering proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents.
- Identifies labor, material, and time requirements by studying proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents
- Computes costs by analyzing labor, material, and time requirements
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Consult with industry experts to discuss estimates and resolve issues
- Identify and quantify cost factors, such as production time, raw materials, equipment, and labor expenses
- Travel to job sites to gather information on materials needed, labor requirements, and other factors
- Read blueprints and technical documents to prepare estimates
- Use sophisticated computer software to calculate estimates
- Evaluate a product’s cost-effectiveness or profitability
- Recommend ways to make a product more cost-effective or profitable
- Prepare estimates for clients and other business managers
- Develop project plans for the duration of the project
- Identify and quantify cost factors, such as production time, materials, and labor expenses
- Work with sales teams to prepare estimates and bids for clients
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree would be preferred however, a highly experienced craftsperson may qualify without a bachelor’s degree. Voluntary certification can show competence and experience in the field. There are no set requirements but experience as an administrator, craftsperson, technician, or surveying assistant in the same industry may apply.
- Excellent math and IT skills
- Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills
- Projects management skills
- Business skills
- System integration estimating experience
- Electrical and instrumentation panel building estimating experience
- Previous mining and heavy industry estimating experience
- Analytical
- Detailed orientated
- Technical
- Time management
- Negotiation skills
