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To achieve the most competitive bid possible, Estimating Engineer will ensure costs are accurate and competitive and will monitor deviations and implement corrective actions to improve through time. Estimating engineers will ensure costs databases and price lists are up to date by following up with other Flowserve departments, escalating as necessary\nMajor Accountabilities:\nDetermination of materials costs to manufacture equipment in coordination with manufacturing, lab test, finance, quality, logistic, purchasing and supplier’s development departments.\nEstimate equipment’s cost based on standard rates and according to what Commercial operations has entered in the Input Tool App.\nEstimation of pump’s cost, following the estimating guidelines, and assuring a profitable operation.\nAnalyze the shipping arrangements based on proposed equipment, determining size and weights of the packing boxes according to equipment in order to evaluate along with the logistic department to determine freight cost, packing cost, and point of shipment according with the Incoterm negotiated in the customer´s contract.\nTo evaluate if the pump will be shipped totally assembled or will require to be shipped in parts in order to define the number of containers to be considered in the pump’s price.\nDetermination of the freight insurance cost in coordination with the logistic department.\nSave proposal data in Cost Output Sheet global format\nLook for a continuous improvement regarding the estimating process, having an improvement on the estimation process; timing, quality, material cost reduction, labor cost using software and electronic tools.\nParticipation in the pre-award meeting, as needed, ensuring Phase Gate material is provided via Output Cost Sheet.\nLeading and participating in the corresponding Daily and Weekly management Meetings with Crossfunctions.\nProvide all operations areas with sufficient data to determine the cost objectives of the equipment to manufacture.\nBased on the actual cost registration, supervise the recent cost sheets and consider the new estimations. Maintenance of Cost Tools being generated Globally with Sourcing and Manufacturing teams.\nReduce the answer-cycle time by using electronic resources and indicate it in the proper procedures.\nGeneral requirements:\nStrong skills on BOM and Drawing Interpretation for Mechanical understanding on Pump Components\nWell versed with advanced MS excel, Power Bi etc.\nManages Complexity, makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. Aligns and embraces the change to fulfil company objectives Globally. \nHigh communication skills and interpersonal abilities.\nPersuades, uses compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others\nProblem Solving and Risk Assessment attitude\nEngineering Degree in relevant field\nHave a clear understanding of life cycle cost principles and the ability to create value added proposals that differentiate Flowserve product offerings against traditional first cost approach.\nHigh level of commercial acumen/orientation. \nHave a high standard of written and spoken English as well as strong PC skills and experience with Microsoft Office tools. \nMandatory fluent in English and local language.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3541,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Industrial Machinery","Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO)"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-20T12:58:22Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":25,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/flowserve-cost-estimator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/flowserve-cost-estimator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T20:30:57Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4558,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1808291},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1808291"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fflowserve-cost-estimator"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fflowserve-cost-estimator"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fflowserve-cost-estimator"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/flowserve-cost-estimator\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fflowserve-cost-estimator"}]}