Estimating Engineer- PE

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Kansas City, MO
3-5 Years Experience
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The Role
The Estimating Engineer, PE provides support to the business by providing product knowledge, pricing, details, and estimating support. Responsibilities include providing timely and accurate quotations, design recommendations, and collaborating with builders to create cost-effective solutions. Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering, Professional Engineer License, 4 years of progressive experience, and solid knowledge of building codes and specifications.
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Company Description

For over 100 years, BlueScope continues to build on our reputation of quality brands and products, leading technology and a customer-first spirit. Through our global brands, we are one of the largest manufacturers of building solutions in the world. Our diverse, bright and inspired workforce is committed to bettering the communities we serve through breakthrough thinking and innovations. Your goals, ideas and perspective can help shape our future – we look forward to hearing them!

Job Description

The Estimating department implements strategies to achieve sustainable sales and financial results, maintain and grow customer accounts, and pursue profitable growth in pre-engineering buildings and services while evaluating potential projects for profitability and risk management.

The Estimating Engineer, PE provides support to the business, builders, architects, and end customers by providing up front product knowledge, pricing, details, and complete estimating and technical support. The Estimator provides regional builders with timely, accurate and optimal structural estimates and pre-order assistance. They also provide daily guidance to peer estimators with design recommendations and solutions. They may back up the Lead Estimator in their absence.

  • Ensure builders are provided with timely, accurate and optimal quotations and pre-order assistance on quotes with a complexity level of low to very high (50 to 800 hrs +) with minimal oversight and checks.
  • Provide design recommendations, loading assistance and value engineering ideas to peer estimators as required.
  • Support the salesforce with any needed information regarding quotations to allow setting of final price to builders.
  • Collaborate with builders and project teams to discuss problems and challenges and help create cost effective and efficient solutions.
  • Assist builders with understanding of pricing software and its capabilities.
  • Actively participate in work team and keep focus on regional objectives and profitability goals.
  • Mentor entry level and peer estimators
  • Increase or maintain department quote hit ratio.

Qualifications

Minimum:

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering
  • Professional Engineer License
  • 4 years of progressive experience in estimating design, project management or related field
  • Solid knowledge of building codes and specifications

Preferred:

  • 2+ years of pre-engineered building (PEB) experience
  • Advanced certifications
  • Leading company product knowledge and knowledge of key internal and external contacts
  • Proficient in use of company engineering software, brand process and pricing systems with ability to train others.
  • Experience in estimating pre-engineered building systems
  • Leading knowledge of company's products, processes, and building software

Skills & Competencies

  • Competence in Microsoft Office products, especially Excel
  • Oral and written communication skills
  • Customer focus
  • Problem solving
  • Effective communication
  • Integrity and trust
  • Drive team performance
  • Peer and collaborative relationships
  • Leadership skills
  • Decision quality
  • Negotiating
  • Organizational skills

Additional Information

Additional Information

The preceding job responsibilities and tasks were designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by associates in this job. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job duties and responsibilities required of associates assigned to this job. Associates may be required to perform other duties as assigned. Additional job competencies, individual goals, and performance measurements are set at the department level.

The benefits are just as rewarding as the work at BlueScope. To support our goal, we offer a total compensation plan and an outstanding benefits package that includes health insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability, paid time off, and retirement. 

EEO Employer/M/F/Disabled/Protected Veteran

BlueScope is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status, as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability. 


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The Company
HQ: Melbourne, Victoria
6,509 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 1928

What We Do

With 14,000 people across 18 countries, BlueScope is a leading international supplier of steel products and solutions for building and construction markets. Australia’s largest manufacturer, BlueScope’s portfolio of brands includes COLORBOND®, ZINCALUME® and TRUECORE® steels and the LYSAGHT® range of building products.

Steel plays a critical role in sustainable development. To BlueScope, sustainability means developing, manufacturing and selling steel products and solutions in a way that provides for a sustainable future, with a focus on continuous improvement, adopting new operating methods and anticipating new products for the future.

BlueScope’s long-term growth is underscored by the sustainability of steel and the critical role it will play in supporting a sustainable society. We take a life-cycle approach, looking at the impact of a product over its entire life and focusing on the four principles of a circular economy: reduce, reuse, remanufacture and recycle.

Our steel products and services ensure that we contribute to the opportunities and challenges of society’s move to a lower-carbon economy. To deliver long-lasting value and meet the expectations of all of our stakeholders, our business must transform on all fronts. Read BlueScope's latest Sustainability Report at bluescope.com/sustainable-steel.

Interested in an exciting career at one of Australia’s most reputable companies with a track record of making things happen? Find out more at bluescope.com

BlueScope has been named an Inclusive Employer for 2019–2020 by the Diversity Council of Australia.

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