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🥝 Costing Estimator (Manufacturing)

Sentinel Staffing Services | Germiston, South Africa | Posted June 18, 2026

Job Description

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 an...

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