Job Description

Honeywell is looking for a Proposal Estimator for our Honeywell Building Solutions (HBS) division based in Sesto San Giovanni (MI).

Honeywell Building Solutions is a $2.5B strategic business unit inside Honeywell’s Global Building Technologies Business. HBS installs and maintains the systems to help keep buildings and facilities connected, safe, secure, comfortable and cost-efficient and is a leading provider of energy-efficiency solutions worldwide.

Are you ready to help us make the future?

When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future. That means changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings smart and safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.

Position summary:

HBS currently has an exciting opportunity for an Estimator who will be responsible for generating budgetary and firm cost estimates for Projects and/or Service Maintenance Agreements. The candidate will work as a team player in assigned geography, generating solutions and cost estimates. They will act as a resource in support of the sale to address the customer’s technical and application requirements to ultimately provide an accurate cost of the solution. This position will partner with Sales, Solution Advisors and Solution Design Engineers, vendors, customers, consulting engineers, contractors and delivery and support personnel to deliver estimates in a timely manner that are scoped and cost engineered correctly. All estimates will be expected to be within accordance of HBS business objectives and strategies and ultimately deliver customer satisfaction.

You will need to:

• Work with Country sales team and regional proposal and estimation team
• Work with cross functional team (Sales, Operations, Procurement, Finance, etc.)
• Join and lead internal and external calls

Benefits:

Annual gross salary from €38.200 and applicable NCBA is Metalmeccanico Grande Industria. Final salary offer will depend on your experience and qualifications and are also based on objective and gender-neutral criteria.

Recognition & referral bonus programs

In-house and external learning platforms supporting development opportunities

Global employee networks to help you connect and grow

Access Integrity line - Any workplace issues or violations that need to be raised in good faith, can be communicated in a safe, private and confidential environment

Frequent Employee Engagement activities fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment

hybrid work arrangement to support your work-life balance

Monetary contribution or canteen for meals for everyday worked

Your responsibilities:

• Assist sales in securing business by developing accurate, timely and professional estimates, on BMS/HVAC systems and on Security and, possibly, Fire, in terms of scope, material and labor effort on a assigned opportunities.
• Compare the sales information to delivered information and provide guidance on factors to be used for competitive estimating future jobs.
• Support Honeywell efforts to obtain or retain competitive position.
• 100% compliance with all required Health and Safety policies.
• Early engagement with sales team to understand enquiry / RFQ properly to design and design suitable solution.
• Work closely with Operation Teams to agree on cost assessments and anticipate risks and individuates synergies.
• Maintain product knowledge and technical skills to current standards and portfolio.
• Work on alternate solutions for the enquiry (if required)
• Conduct internal technical reviews & assists on Proposal reviews and management approvals review.
• Develop detailed Bill of Materials and risks analysis, when necessary.
• Work closely with Suppliers chain to obtain vendor quotes for all supplies and sub-contracted work. Assist in finding potential strategic partners to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.
• Ensure 100% compliance to set processes & achieve zero non-compliance in all internal & external audits.
• Supports sales professionals, bid managers and customers during the technical requirement definition and solution development sales process steps.
• Utilizes feedback mechanisms to continually update standards to maintain competitive position and reduction of deviation.
• Support in final negotiations and customer meetings.

Must have:

• You are a graduate with bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Electronic, mechanic, building automation engineering or related field.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Excel/Word/Power Point and basic knowledge on AutoCAD.
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to operate collaboratively
• Understanding of digital/cloud technologies
• Develop macro in excel to expedite the estimation process.

Requirements: (Nice to have)

• Understanding of smart technologies (IoT/ Networks) and AI
• Communicative knowledge of English & Italian
• Willingness to learn and further your education
• Work as a part of team and collaborate
• Understanding of smart technologies
• Understanding of Cyber Security and operational technology.
• Understanding and passing all your training

What We Can Offer You

• Opportunity to work and grow within Proposal and Estimation team
• Professional development plans including training and further career opportunities.
• Expert leaders to support your professional development
• A culture that fosters inclusion, diversity, and innovation
• International work environment.

If this is your dream role, then we'd love to hear from you.

What else do you have to know?

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.

We believe strongly in both taking ownership and being transparent with your data. For the new GDPR we manage only online applications, and we don’t accept CVs by mail.

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy.