Spherion is seeking a detail-oriented Manufacturing Estimator to join a fast-paced facility in Worcester, MA. In this role, your primary focus will be estimating production requirements for tight-tolerance components within custom plastics manufacturing. Utilizing established cost modeling techniques alongside modern ERP and MRP platforms, you will review incoming engineering packages, evaluate CAD/CAM models, and process RFQs from initial receipt to final proposal. The ideal candidate brings dedicated hands-on experience in CNC machining methods, tooling evaluation, and cycle-time analysis to deliver profitable, rapid quoting on all custom plastic parts.
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Responsibilities:
End-to-End Quoting: Drive the complete quoting cycle for engineered polymer parts, working directly with CAD/CAM software to examine complex part geometries and tolerances.
Cost & Cycle-Time Modeling: Analyze incoming RFQs and technical documentation to establish precise material yield, cycle times, tooling requirements, setup variables, and secondary finishing operations for specialized plastics to maintain healthy profit margins.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Sales, Engineering, Production, and Purchasing to convert customer prints into actionable job structures within the plant ERP system.
Database & Routing Management: Maintain bills of materials (BOMs) and standard routings in the MRP database to reflect real-time raw resin pricing and shop-floor scheduling.
Project Launch: Lead project kick-offs for new CNC milling, turning, and routing jobs, ensuring shop-floor execution aligns with quoted parameters.
Working hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Skills:
Education: Associate degree, vocational degree, or technical trade certification in advanced manufacturing, mechanical design, precision machining, or an equivalent discipline.
Advanced Machining: Familiarity with multi-axis CNC milling, turning, and router setup optimization.
Process Improvement: Experience evaluating shop-floor manufacturing data to refine cost models and bridge quoting variances over time.
Education:
High School
Experience:
1-4 years
Qualifications:
Experience: 2?5+ years of hands-on technical estimating background centered around precision CNC components and machine shop environments.
Plastics Machining Knowledge: Practical understanding of engineered plastics (e.g., PEEK, Delrin, UHMW, PTFE, acrylics) and how material properties dictate cutting parameters, feed rates, and fixture designs.
Print & Model Interpretation: Proven proficiency reading 2D blueprints, GD&T symbols, and interrogating 3D solid models within modern CAD/CAM software.
Cost Estimating Expertise: Demonstrated background building dependable quotes using formal cost-modeling spreadsheets and commercial estimating software.
ERP/MRP Systems: Working familiarity with integrated enterprise resource platforms, specifically entering and maintaining work orders, BOMs, and routing data.
RFQ Turnaround: Track record of responding to complex customer RFQs with speed, technical accuracy, and precision.
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