Cost Engineer
Volt

Job Info

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Move forward with Volt!

Volt is hiring for a Cost Engineer in the Tipton/Muscatine, Iowa area.

As a Cost Engineer, you will analyze and estimate costs for engineering projects. You will use your financial expertise, analytical skills, and project management knowledge to develop accurate cost estimates for different project components.

Additional duties may include:

• Forecasting: Predicting potential costs and monitoring the early stages of development to identify risks and evaluate the project's chances of success
• Researching: Conducting research to forecast project costs
• Writing: Writing estimation reports for the project manager
• Collaborating: Working with team members to make decisions about resource allocation
• Planning: Creating budgets and contributing to keeping the team on schedule
• Analyzing: Analyzing project plans, materials, labor requirements, and other factors to determine the overall cost of a project
• Controlling: Controlling the cost of various supplies and materials to provide insight into how to allocate and manage resources
• Reporting: Providing cost analysis, controls, and report activities for projects

This is a full-time, direct-hire opportunity.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering preferred
• 10 or more years of experience with cost engineering
• Ability to study a part, or blueprint of a part, and determine the best method to produce
• Experience identifying all costs associated with the production process of parts (i.e. power consumption of machine, maintenance of machine, labor cost, etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with different departments and stakeholders
• Knowledge of steel machinery manufacturing
• Innovative mindset

Salary Range: $65,000 - 75,000 per year

*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits: Since this is a Direct Hire role, benefits will be provided by the employer.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Volt is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please email hr_dept@volt.com or call (866) 898-0005. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed.

Volt does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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