Job description:

Cost Estimating and Pricing Manager

Company Overview

Our client is a world-class manufacturer of cutting-edge composite
components and assemblies for the Aerospace and Space industrys most
advanced commercial and military aircraft. They have the capabilities
and resources to solve the markets toughest challenges On-Time with
Quality Assured. As a US-based company with more than 100 years of
experience and 1.6 million square feet of state-of-the-art facilities,
we assure quality into every fiber, letting their customers ideas and
their employees passion take flight.

Cost Estimator Position Overview

The Estimating and Pricing Manager will manage the labor and material
estimating team that is responsible for providing pricing proposals for
follow-on work and changes to existing contracts for military and
commercial contracts. This role supports proposal strategy, ground rules
and assumptions, compliance with customer requirements, proposal
development, fact finding, negotiations, and program execution by
ensuring understanding of cost budgets to execution team. The position
works closely with contracts, program office, finance, industrial
engineering, manufacturing engineering, operations, manufacturing
leadership, and supply chain. This manager will develop, analyze, and
maintain accurate and defendable cost estimates and pricing for
composite part fabrication and major structures assembly.

Essential Job Functions

- Lead the development, coordination, and submission of customer
proposals for composite aerospace programs and major structure
assembly for government and commercial programs.

- Coordinate large Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA) compliant
proposals and support fact finding and negotiations.

- Work closely with Cost Estimators, Engineering, Supply Chain, and
Program Management to ensure labor and material estimates are
accurate and aligned with customer requirements.

- Gather inputs from cross-functional teams, consolidate pricing data,
and ensure proposals are compliant with customer instructions.

- Develop proposal schedules, manage deliverables, and drive teams to
meet submission deadlines in fast-paced environments.

- Prepare executive summaries, compliance matrices, and pricing
volumes, as required.

- Present and defend proposals to internal leadership and customers,
ensuring assumptions are clear and basis of estimates are
defendable.

- Continuously improve proposal processes, templates, and content
libraries for efficiency and consistency.



For more information please contact Doug Meyer at [email protected] or 703-727-9678

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

- Must be a U.S. person per ITAR (International Traffic in Arms
Regulations) guidelines.

- This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship or a foreign
person per ITAR.

- Bachelors degree in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain,
business, or a related field preferred (or equivalent experience).

- Typically, 10+ years of related cost estimating or aerospace
manufacturing experience for senior-level consideration.

- Strong understanding of aerospace manufacturing, preferably within
composite fabrication and assembly environments.

- Experience and understanding of composite materials and
manufacturing processes is preferred.

- Understanding cost estimating concepts, including labor and material
estimating is required.

- Proven experience with development of TINA compliant proposals,
estimating/pricing volumes, and certified cost and pricing data.

- Working knowledge of capacity planning, production flow analysis,
and capital equipment utilization.

- Experience using ProPricer for Pricing templates, and SEER 3D as a
labor estimating tool, including model setup, assumption validation,
and output interpretation is preferred.

- Strong analytical, organizational, and time-management skills; able
to work under changing priorities and tight deadlines.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (labor modeling, capacity analysis,
scenario modeling); proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

- Familiarity with enterprise manufacturing or planning systems (e.g.,
CostPoint/TIP, SAP, or similar) is a plus.

- Understanding cost estimating concepts, including labor and material
estimating, is highly desirable.

- General business acumen

Why is This a Great Opportunity:

This is the Cost Estimating and Pricing team for current scope changes, and follow on work. 9x out of 10x this manager and their team will use actual costs to come up with quotes. This is aerospace manufacturing, so while this role is a lead role, it is a full time worker and manager of 4 people in two locations, but this person needs to be a doer. They need to be able to certify pricing volumes and experience with TINA is a must.