Our company culture is built upon YKK’s philosophy called the CYCLE OF GOODNESS™. We believe that providing value and being fair to our customers and our employees is what makes us a successful company in return. Guided by our core values and fundamental behaviors, we strive to foster a caring company, committed employees and challenging work that benefits our employees, customers, and communities. We offer competitive compensation packages, training and advancement opportunities. YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and at work. By providing a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee, we hope to foster a long and productive employment relationship. **Position Summary** The purpose of this position is to analyze blueprints, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare estimates for products, projects, or services by performing the following duties. **Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities** + Analyzes blueprints, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and estimates for products or projects + Review architectural plans and specifications for the work to be quoted + Check and verify with the application engineer the performance and structural requirements of the project if necessary + Prepare the necessary material take-offs by quantities and type for proper pricing + Prepare the Scope of Work to be sent to the customers with quotation + Obtain vendor(s) quotations for items not made by YKK + Prepare the estimate for the work to be bid using cost data and/or price list + Computes cost factors and prepares estimates used for management purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work, preparing bids, selecting vendors or subcontractors, and determining cost effectiveness + Provides improvement recommendations to cost estimating procedures to reduce future discrepancies between estimated and actual costs + Identifies cost trends to assist management in cost reduction and process improvement efforts **Qualifications and Skill Requirements** + Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience + Experience/knowledge in computer-aided drafting, knowledge, and experience with V6 estimating software, Microsoft office important + Blueprint reading required. + Be vigilant about safety + Quality - conscious, oriented to excellence ​ **Recruiter Contact:** ASHLEY LITTLE ASHLEYLITTLE@YKKAP.COM ​ **YKK AP America Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce** **.** **YKK AP America Inc. will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.** **United States Department of Labor.** **Learn more** **(Opens in a new window)** **.** **YKK AP America Inc. participates in the E-Verify program as required by law.** **Learn more about the E-Verify program** **(Opens in a new window)** **.** **YKK AP America Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can follow the process outlined below when applying for a position: Provide your name and contact information to YKK AP's Accommodations team at accommodationrequest@ykkap.com (accommodationrequest@apple.com) . Your request will be responded to as soon as possible. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.** **Employment with YKK AP America Inc. is conditioned upon successfully completing a negative drug test for the presence of illegal drugs.** **Notice on Recruitment Fraud** **At YKK AP America Inc., we do not ask for personal financial information during telephone, in-person or video interviews nor do we charge job seekers fees as part of the recruitment process. YKK AP's recruiting correspondence will be sent by a recruiting representative with @ykkap.com (https://careers.ykkap.com/) email address — not @** **gmail.com** **, @** **yahoo.com** **, @** **hotmail.com** **or any other email domain service.** **If you have concerns related to this issue, consider the following actions: 1) Place a freeze on your credit reports:** **https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0497-credit-freeze-faqs** **; 2) file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/assistant) ; and/or 3) file a report with your local law enforcement agency immediately.**