Lead NUB Cost Estimator - Rotating Equipment
About the role
The Lead NUB Cost Estimator - Rotating Equipment serves as the local technical and commercial focal point for developing, coordinating, and continuously improving rotating equipment estimates. The role works closely with the MCO Estimation team in Japan and local Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, and other functions to ensure estimates are complete, competitive, accurate, and on time. The position also owns the estimating basis, cost references, historical data, tools, S-curves, and PDCA continuous improvement process, while providing functional leadership and establishing scalable estimating practices to support future growth of the estimating organization. Physical Demands: Ability to stand for majority of the day; minor lifting of files and/or boxes. Work environment: Office environment.
Responsibilities
- Foster an environment of teamwork, compliance and continuous improvement.
- Adhere to the Company's objectives, including Safety, Quality, Environmental and Information Security requirements.
- Ensure compliance with departmental policies, procedures, and work instructions.
- Lead the estimating process for MCO-I scope from technical scope definition through final customer proposal.
- Coordinate and integrate cost inputs from Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Finance, and other functions.
- Review project requirements and establish the appropriate scope, assumptions, work breakdown, and estimating basis.
- Review functional estimates for completeness, consistency, technical alignment, and cost basis; identify gaps, risks, and inconsistencies and facilitate resolution.
- Work closely with the MCO Estimation team in Japan to track, develop, update, and complete estimates and ensure local scope and execution requirements are accurately reflected.
- Consolidate functional inputs into an integrated estimate and communicate key cost drivers, assumptions, risks, exclusions, and competitiveness considerations.
- Maintain and develop market cost references, historical cost data, benchmarks, S-curves, estimating tools, and methodologies.
- Own the estimating PDCA process, using estimated-versus-actual performance, lessons learned, and market data to continuously improve estimating accuracy and competitiveness.
- Facilitate periodic cross-functional reviews to update the estimating basis, tools, cost history, assumptions, and processes.
- Support value engineering, cost optimization, and other initiatives to improve proposal competitiveness.
- Ensure estimates and equipment specifications comply with applicable industry standards, regulations, and company requirements.
- Perform special studies/projects as directed by the Department Leader and other duties as assigned.
- Provide technical and functional guidance to cost estimators and support the development of standardized estimating practices, tools, and training to enable future expansion of the estimating function at MCO-I.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.