About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 1965793
ESTIMATOR & PROCUREMENT MANAGER | STEEL FABRICATION, SKID PACKAGES & PRODUCTION ESTIMATING
Core Expertise
- Managing end-to-end estimating and procurement for custom fabricated metal equipment projects.
- Performing material takeoffs, blueprint review, and detailed cost and production estimating.
- Preparing proposals, RFQ responses, and pricing spreadsheets to support bid wins.
- Coordinating supplier quotations, subcontract services, coatings, and outside processing vendors.
- Collaborating with production and welding teams to align labor hours and shop release.
Project Background
- Led estimating for custom skid and process equipment from RFQ through fabrication release.
- Built estimating templates and labor models to standardize calculations and speed responses.
- Managed procurement schedules and material purchasing to support production timelines and deliveries.
- Evaluated project risks, negotiated supplier terms, and maintained estimating documentation for audits.
- Worked across proposal, production, and purchasing functions to reduce handoffs and clarify scope.
Key Skills
- Estimating & Proposal Management | Cost Analysis | Production Estimating
- Procurement | Supplier Coordination | Contract Support | Purchasing
- Blueprint Review | Material Takeoffs | Shop Release Coordination
- Structural Steel Fabrication | Skid Packages | Process Equipment
- Microsoft Excel | Word | Office
- Inventory Management | Shipping & Receiving | Logistics
- Vendor negotiation | Outside processing coordination | Coatings & radiography sourcing
Education
- B.B.A., Marketing — Tarleton State University
Why Interview this Candidate?
A proven estimator who has served as the sole estimating and procurement lead for custom fabrication projects, handling RFQs, takeoffs, vendor pricing, and shop release. They combine proposal management experience with hands-on production estimating to improve bid accuracy and support on-time fabrication. Strong collaborator with production and purchasing teams, ready to transfer estimating workflows into established fabrication operations.
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