Estimating Manager

This is an onsite role reporting to the Director of Revenue Management, leading the Estimating team responsible for developing detailed, defensible cost and lead-time estimates that support proposals across the company's aerospace portfolio. Qualifications: 7+ years of aerospace or complex manufacturing estimating experience, including material requirements, multi-level indented bills of material (BOMs), labor hours, manufacturing processes, and lead times.

Eleven Recruiting is searching for an Estimating Manager to join a well-established, global aerospace and defense OEM in the greater Los Angeles area. This is an onsite role reporting to the Director of Revenue Management, leading the Estimating team responsible for developing detailed, defensible cost and lead-time estimates that support proposals across the company's aerospace portfolio.
  Responsibilities:

• Lead, develop, and manage the Estimating team, including workload prioritization, performance expectations, coaching, cross-training, and accountability for quality and on-time delivery.
• Analyze and prepare detailed, accurate estimates for material, labor, tooling, equipment, outside processing, subcontracted work, NRE, and manufacturing lead times.
• Develop multi-level indented and consolidated BOMs and obtain supporting supplier costs and lead times required to support proposals.
• Review RFQ and proposal requirements, identify estimating risks and information gaps, and coordinate supplier quotation requirements with Supply Chain and other stakeholders.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Pricing, and Program teams to validate manufacturing methods, labor requirements, tooling, materials, costs, and lead-time assumptions.
• Use historical actuals, work-order data, supplier quotes, engineering inputs, and manufacturing knowledge to develop, validate, and challenge estimating assumptions.
• In conjunction with Manufacturing Engineering, determine the materials, labor, tooling, and lead time required to manufacture parts and supporting production tooling.
• Prepare clear cost and lead-time summaries that identify key assumptions, risks, and supporting rationale for Pricing and leadership approval.
• Maintain complete proposal packages and supporting documentation demonstrating the basis of estimate for material, labor, cost, and lead time.
• Perform cost and price analysis of supplier quotations and proposals as required.
• Attend on-site pre-bid/proposal conferences and site visits as required.
• Maintain and improve KPIs covering estimating backlog, turnaround time, on-time delivery, estimate accuracy, aging, and workload.
• Identify process gaps and improvement opportunities, develop recommendations, and implement standard work to improve estimating quality, efficiency, and consistency.
• Drive automation and improved use of data within the estimating process to reduce manual effort and improve decision quality.
• Establish, document, and communicate clear estimating processes, standards, and expectations to ensure consistent execution across the team.
• Hold the team accountable for performance and provide regular coaching and feedback on goals, priorities, quality, and development.
• Independently resolve obstacles within the team's area of responsibility while escalating significant cost, schedule, supplier, technical, or process risks when appropriate.
• Report estimating performance, process integrity, risks, and resource needs to Revenue Management and site leadership.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of aerospace or complex manufacturing estimating experience, including material requirements, multi-level indented bills of material (BOMs), labor hours, manufacturing processes, and lead times.
• Demonstrated experience leading, developing, and holding a technical or estimating team accountable.
• Strong working knowledge of manufacturing processes, including machined parts, castings, forgings, electric motors, assembly, testing, tooling, and outside processing.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, specifications, BOMs, routings, and other engineering documentation.
• Working knowledge of Government and Commercial estimating and pricing techniques.
• Basic knowledge of FAR Part 15.4, including certified cost or pricing data requirements under FAR 15.403-4 and the Truthful Cost or Pricing Data statute (formerly TINA).
• Working knowledge of cost and price analysis, including evaluation of supplier quotations, proposals, and supporting cost data.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using ERP/MRP systems, Excel, historical manufacturing data, and other data sources to develop and validate estimates.
• Ability to clearly communicate estimating assumptions, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to technical and business leadership.

Salary: $125,000 - $145,000

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