Cost Estimator

Howmet is a world leader in the investment casting industry and is a leading supplier of superalloys, aluminum, and titanium components for aerospace, automotive, and commercial transportation applications. Our Wichita Falls location is on the front edge of the rapid growth in the aerospace and turbine industries.

Nestled halfway between Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, our facility in Wichita Falls supplies jet engine components to some of the most trusted names in the Aerospace industry.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Cost Estimator position is responsible for developing labor and material standards to generate cost models for new and existing part cost estimates and analysis. Provide accounting support for shop floor data collection to ensure accurate reporting of labor and material consumption for budgeting, forecasting and production department cost tracking and development. Provide data analytics and graphical review of data to understand shop constraints and make recommendations for improvements based on data.

Job Responsibilities:

• Identify factors affecting costs, such as production time, materials, and labor & recommend ways to reduce costs.
• Develop models, databases, and spreadsheets to analyze data and provide summary analysis and metrics for consultation to sales team and internal leadership.
• Analyze operations and workflow to improve efficiency to incorporate into production schedules.
• Work with sales teams to prepare estimates and bids for clients.
• Maintain records of estimated and actual costs.
• Solve operational and supply chain problems using big data.
• Identify opportunities and deploy tools to drive continuous improvement through data analytics.

Job Roles :

• Relationship - interacts with a wide variety of stakeholders to prepare estimates and bids for clients
• Ownership - Responsible for Seed Process Ownership, ensuring all processes are performed in compliance with methodologies, materials and equipment specifications/requirements
• Organization and Structure - Partner with internal teams to determine workflows, tools, resources and needs; Analyze operations and workflow to improve efficiencies to incorporate into production schedules
• Continuous Improvement - Identify opportunities and deploy tools to drive continuous improvement through data analytics; Identify and publish department standards; Improve accuracy around work center standards to improve actual cost on a part-by-part basis
• Collaborative leadership - involves key stakeholders early and often in the process of discovery and interaction; interfaces with groups across the plant and functions as a resource for information and recommendations to ensure quality of interactions with internal and external teams
• Synthesis - Maintain records of estimated and actual costs; Understands the needs of the business and drivers of critical metrics; Assesses costs associated with new techniques and technological development integration into production process such as time, materials, and labor with a focus on reducing costs; Construct and manipulate large databases using tools like SAS, SOL, Python, R, MiniTab, PowerBI and extract multi-factor interactions and drive change

Basic Qualifications:

• BS Degree in a technical or science area from an accredited institution
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position is subject to the Internal Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 Years combined experience in engineering, finance, and or data analytics.
• Demonstrated ability to implement system changes for improved profit, productivity, safety, etc.
• Working knowledge of the investment casting business.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills, analytical skills
• Ability to analyze time studies to set labor standards, mechanical ability that would allow the search for new and better equipment in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and guidance to the manufacturing areas.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Coordinate between the sales, accounting and engineering disciplines to ensure all new and existing process costs and reporting functions integrate successfully.
• Ability to perform and present with confidence and facts to all levels of the corporation.

Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. Our primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems, titanium structural parts and forged wheels. With $7.4 Billion in revenue in 2024, our products play a crucial role in enabling fuel efficiency and lightweighting, contributing to our customers' success and making a positive impact on the world. To learn more about the way Howmet Aerospace Inc. is advancing the sustainability of our customers, markets, and communities where we operate, review the 2024 Environmental Social and Governance report at www.howmet.com/esg-report. Follow: LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

The Howmet engines business produces world-class aerospace engine components, including investment castings, fasteners, rings and forgings. Our vacuum melted superalloys, machining, performance coatings and hot isostatic pressing for high performance parts enable the next generation of quieter, cleaner and more fuel-efficient aerospace engines. Able to supply more than 90% of structural and rotating aerospace engine components.