Manufacturing Estimator - Modular MEP Systems in Saint Paul, Minnesota at Harris Companies

Job Description:

Youll be responsible for building accurate, reliable pricing for manufactured products. This role focuses on modular mechanical systems like skids, racks, and packaged units, turning drawings and product definitions into real, executable costs.

Your work helps the business compete in external markets while making sure whats sold can actually be built in the shop. This is manufacturing-focused estimating, centered on materials, labor, and overhead rather than full project scope.

What Youll Be Part Of

Youll work closely with sales, engineering, and shop leadership to connect product design with real-world cost and production.

• Develop cost estimates for modular systems using drawings, BOMs, and product definitions

• Build pricing that supports budgetary through firm proposals, including clear scope and assumptions

• Partner with engineering and the shop to validate labor, fabrication methods, and manufacturability

• Help create more consistency through templates, unit rates, and repeatable pricing approaches

• Use feedback from actual production to improve estimate accuracy over time

Youll also be part of conversations around make versus buy, standard versus custom, and how to price for different volumes as the business grows.

What Were Looking For in You

• Experience estimating manufactured or fabricated products

• Strong understanding of shop labor, BOM-based costing, and overhead

• Ability to read drawings and turn them into clear, buildable estimates

• Comfortable working across sales, engineering, and operations

• Familiarity with DFMA principles and productbased estimating

• Practical, detail-oriented mindset focused on real outcomes

• Must be able to travel up to 10%

This role is for someone who wants their numbers to mean something. Someone who understands that a good estimate isnt just accurate on paper, it works in the shop too.

Your life at Harris

As one of the country's leading mechanical contractors, Harris offers you the best of both worlds: the stability, resources and opportunities of a national company, and the team culture, creative spirit and customer loyalty of a local business. If you thrive on variety and new challenges, we want to meet you!

From stadiums to manufacturing facilities, power plants to hospitals, concert halls to classrooms, we handle projects of all sizes and complexity from multiple regional locations across the country.

Harris Benefits + Compensation

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

401K with company match

Vacation time, sick time, and paid holidays

Paid Parental leave

Short-Term Incentive Plan

Visit our Careers Page for additional benefit details: https://www.harriscompany.com/careers/employee-benefits-at-a-glance

Pay Range:

The actual salary offer will vary by candidate based on a wide range of factors such as specific skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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