Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Ready to Turn Drawings into Dollars-and-Sense?

If decoding blueprints, building cost models, and beating deadlines energize you, this role at our Whitewater, WI 53190 manufacturing facility is for you. As a Project Costing Analyst, you’ll estimate custom dollies and racks with precision—balancing materials, labor, tooling, and vendor inputs to produce competitive quotes.

• Translate project specifications and drawings into accurate, defensible estimates for fabricated metal dollies and racks.
• Work directly with project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to capture scope and refine details.
• Assemble and deliver thorough client quotations within required timelines.
• Review subcontractor proposals, evaluate fit, and negotiate pricing as needed.
• Research current pricing for materials, labor, tooling, and equipment to validate assumptions.
• Build and maintain a historical cost repository per established procedure for analysis and future bids.
• Support teams during design and manufacturing to keep budgets aligned with execution realities.
• Stay informed on market trends and price movements to sharpen estimating accuracy.
• Partner with sales to craft strategies and proposals that win work.
• Comply with company policies, procedures, and quality standards.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

• Hands-on estimating experience in a metal fabrication setting.
• Knowledge of fabrication methods, materials, and cost factors.
• Competence with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Strong mathematical reasoning and analytical depth.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications.
• High attention to detail with uncompromising accuracy.
• Clear communicator and capable negotiator.
• Self-driven with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent organization and time management.

• Manufacturing environment experience
• Blueprint reading
• Basic computer skills
• Microsoft Excel

Bring your estimating expertise and help us price projects with confidence—and win the work that keeps our shop buzzing.

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