Large manufacturing company requires a person who would be able to interpret technical drawings and then calculate the actual cost to manufacture the items.

Key Responsibilities

• Review manufacturing drawings and specifications to determine manufacturing costs
• Estimate manufacturing costs by gathering data on each stock item that needs to be manufactured – the weight, the size, the density, the type of material to be used, as well the processes used to manufacture the item.
• Also consider the cost of labour, raw material, transport costs and other overhead costs to manufacture the actual item.
• Develop unit cost models for standard shelving and racking items.
• Prepare and update the costing sheet.
• Ensure that the costing sheet is kept updated constantly.
• Generate product codes for each new item and keep the product code data base updated.
• Collaborate with technical, production and sales teams to ensure accuracy of the item to be manufactured.