Trinity Industries is seeking an Analyst, Manufacturing Cost Estimating for our Dallas, TX headquarters office.  

The Analyst, Manufacturing Cost Estimating is responsible for reviewing customer RFPs and RFQs, interpreting railcar specifications, and developing accurate manufacturing cost estimates for requested railcar configurations. This role partners closely with Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Engineering, Operations, Accounting, and Sales to ensure material, labor, supplier, manufacturing, engineering, and commercial assumptions are clearly understood and appropriately reflected in each estimate.

What You'll Do:

• Review customer RFPs, RFQs, railcar specifications, drawings, and related documentation to determine estimating requirements, scope, and key assumptions

• Prepare manufacturing cost estimates that incorporate material, labor, purchased components, manufacturing flow, engineering inputs, and other relevant cost drivers

• Interpret Bills of Materials, technical drawings, specifications, historical cost data, and system information to support complete and accurate estimates

• Partner with Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Engineering, Operations, Accounting, and Sales to validate assumptions, resolve open items, and support timely quote development

•  Use LX, Salesforce(RF1), Excel, OneBOM and other business systems to gather, validate, and maintain estimating inputs while supporting data accuracy, consistency, and system adoption

• Identify specification gaps, cost risks, manufacturability concerns, timing constraints, or other issues that may impact estimate quality or quote readiness

• Support continuous improvement of estimating processes, including estimate turn time, post-production estimate accuracy, and overall process consistency

• Maintain clear documentation of estimate inputs, assumptions, supporting data, and decisions for future review, auditability, and continuous improvement.