Senior Manufacturing Estimator

Perfecto Tool & Engineering Co Inc • Anderson, IN

5h

About The Position

Perfecto Tool and Engineering Co., Inc. is seeking an experienced manufacturing professional to turn customer requirements into accurate, timely, competitive, and commercially sound manufacturing estimates. This is not a desk-only quoting role: the estimator applies practical machining and tooling experience to assess opportunities, determine how work could be manufactured, identify risks, and help the company decide what work to pursue and how to win it.

Working closely with Sales, Engineering, and Operations, the Senior Manufacturing Estimator establishes scope and manufacturability, develops manufacturing approaches and cost inputs, and documents assumptions, exclusions, risks, and open questions. The role supports quote reviews and pursue/no-pursue and pricing decisions, validates methods and execution assumptions with internal teams, and uses actual manufacturing results to improve estimating tools and standard work. The position provides technical ownership and access to manufacturing leadership, with potential for broader commercial or operational leadership as the company grows.

Requirements

• Substantial hands-on or technical experience in high-mix, low-volume precision machining, tooling, or comparable custom manufacturing.
• Deep machining and tooling knowledge.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing methods, materials, setups, routings, labor drivers, outside processes, and manufacturing risk.
• Ability to translate drawings and technical requirements into a practical manufacturing plan and cost estimate.
• Commercial judgment that balances accuracy, competitiveness, risk, customer value, and profitability.
• Clear communication with Sales, Engineering, Operations, customers, and suppliers.
• Confidence asking questions and challenging weak assumptions.
• Ability to manage multiple estimates and deadlines without losing important details.
• An associate or bachelor’s degree in machining, engineering, manufacturing, or a related discipline is helpful but not required when equivalent manufacturing experience demonstrates the ability to succeed.

Nice To Haves

• Formal estimating experience is preferred, but is not an absolute requirement.
• Experience as a senior manufacturing estimator, applications engineer, manufacturing engineer, process engineer, cost or quoting engineer, or experienced toolmaker with quoting responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Review customer drawings, specifications, models, and supporting information to establish scope and manufacturability.
• Develop manufacturing approaches, routings, labor estimates, material requirements, outside-service needs, and other cost inputs.
• Identify cost drivers, technical risks, missing information, and potential failure points before quoting.
• Document assumptions, exclusions, risks, and open questions for commercial and manufacturing teams.
• Partner with Sales on proposals and customer requirements.
• Work with Engineering and Operations to validate methods, capacity assumptions, lead times, and execution risk.
• Support quote reviews and disciplined pursue, no-pursue, and pricing decisions.
• Compare estimated assumptions with actual results.
• Improve estimating tools and standard work, and share manufacturing knowledge across the organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed