Cost engineer provides systems integration support, systems engineering and project management support to branch and COTRs utilizing experience in construction, engineering and research & development.
Responsibilities
· Interact with the engineering team, procurement, quality, manufacturing, marketing and suppliers
· promptly anticipates cost overages or other unsatisfactory cost elements and prepares cost exception report
· Primary responsibility will be to calculate part prices and tooling investments, both in new projects and support projects currently in progress
· Provide support during the change management process
· Provide suppliers with in-depth technical updates regarding their production lines or layouts related to cost drivers and investments
· Drive systems solutions that optimize cost, quality and time to market
· Work in an environment where diversity of people, thoughts, opinions, and ideas are valued and encouraged
· Develop and write test plans to validate designs coordinating with lab resources to perform tests
· Develop project schedules that align with the project team and communicate progress against the schedule to maintain alignment with all subsystems
· Identify, analyze and solve issues
Qualification
· Basic understanding of CAD principals, experience working in Pro-Eng
· Experience with system simulation tools
· 4+ Years of relevant experience related to the functions listed above
· Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
· Proficient in MS Office Suite, familiar with special estimating software or programming skills would be a plus
· Breadth of experience across whole project and programmed lifecycle