{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"22a6455f9ca3928411c8afd7","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/22a6455f9ca3928411c8afd7","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/22a6455f9ca3928411c8afd7","title":"Technical Costing Analyst","description":"What We Offer:\n\nCompetitive pay based on experience\n\nShift differential opportunities\n\nGREAT Medical, dental, and vision benefits the first of the month after 30 days\n\nCompany Paid Life Insurance, STD insurance and LTD insurance\n\nPTO and paid holidays\n\n401(k) with amazing company match\n\nTraining and advancement opportunities\n\nStable manufacturing environment\n\nEmployee recognition programs\n\nTeam-oriented culture focused on safety and respect\n\nWhat You’ll Do:\nAt AKG, we believe great people build great products. We are looking for dependable, safety-focused team members who want to grow their skills and be part of a company that values teamwork, accountability, respect, and continuous improvement.\n\nWe will train you...\n\nThe Technical Costing Analyst develops technically accurate, traceable, and commercially sound product-cost estimates for customer quotations, new products, engineering changes, sourcing decisions, and ongoing production. The role translates engineering designs and manufacturing requirements into documented material, labor, machine, overhead, tooling, purchased-component, outside-processing, packaging, and logistics assumptions.\n\nThe analyst partners with Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, Production Planning, Manufacturing, and Finance to maintain accurate product-costing data in SAP, reconcile quoted, standard, and actual costs, identify potential margin erosion, and support value-engineering and cost-reduction activities.\n\nThe position serves as the technical validator of product-cost assumptions. SAP calculates the result; the analyst validates the physical and commercial assumptions that drive the calculation.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nDevelop detailed product-cost estimates from engineering drawings, specifications, bills of materials, manufacturing concepts, customer requirements, and forecasted production volumes.\n\nEstablish documented assumptions for material usage, scrap, yield, labor content, machine time, tooling, outside processing, purchased components, packaging, freight, overhead, and other applicable cost elements.\n\nCritically evaluate and challenge costing inputs, including BOM completeness, manufacturing-sequence feasibility, cycle-time assumptions, labor content, scrap and yield factors, tooling requirements, sourcing strategies, and capacity constraints.\n\nReview product designs and proposed manufacturing processes to identify major cost drivers, manufacturability concerns, missing information, and cost-reduction opportunities.\n\nWork with Engineering and Manufacturing to define preliminary routings, production methods, cycle-time assumptions, equipment requirements, and process parameters when historical data is unavailable.\n\nObtain and validate material and purchased-component pricing with Purchasing, including source, effective date, quantity assumptions, minimum-order requirements, lead times, tooling, and nonrecurring costs.\n\nSupport make-versus-buy, sourcing, production-transfer, and alternative-manufacturing-method analyses.\n\nExecute and support SAP product-costing and mass-costing activities in accordance with approved Finance and business processes.\n\nReview costing-related SAP master data, including bills of materials, routings, work centers, activity rates, overhead application, scrap factors, and purchasing information; coordinate correction of identified discrepancies with the responsible owner.\n\nMonitor standard product costs and investigate significant changes, inconsistencies, or incomplete costing inputs.\n\nCompare quoted costs, released standard costs, and actual production costs to identify unfavorable variances and potential margin erosion.\n\nConduct post-launch and periodic cost reviews to determine whether quotation assumptions remain valid after design release and production stabilization.\n\nPrepare clear cost summaries, assumptions, sensitivities, risks, and recommendations for quotation and management review.\n\nSupport value-engineering, design-to-cost, continuous-improvement, and cost-reduction activities with fact-based financial analysis.\n\nMaintain costing standards, templates, calculation methods, assumptions, revision history, and supporting documentation.\n\nEscalate incomplete, inconsistent, or unreliable costing inputs that could materially affect quotation accuracy or product margin.\n\nSupport budgeting, financial planning, capital analysis, and margin reviews as assigned.\n\nAdhere to applicable company safety, quality, environmental, confidentiality, and operational requirements.\n\nMaintain regular and reliable physical attendance.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n\nParticipate in reviews involving new products, engineering changes, sourcing changes, production transfers, and capital projects.\n\nParticipate in value-analysis, cost-reduction, and continuous-improvement workshops.\n\nProvide backup support for related estimating and costing activities during absences or peak workload.\n\nTravel occasionally to manufacturing facilities, suppliers, or other company locations.\n\nPerform other related duties assigned by management.\n\nRequirements\nWhat We’re Looking For:\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\n\nBachelors degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Finance with manufacturing experience, or a related field, with at least three years of relevant experience; or an associate degree or technical certification with at least five years of directly relevant manufacturing-costing experience.\n\nExperience in manufacturing cost estimating, industrial engineering, production planning, manufacturing engineering, product costing, or a closely related discipline.\n\nWorking knowledge of bills of materials, manufacturing routings, labor standards, machine rates, scrap and yield, overhead application, and product-cost structures.\n\nAdvanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, lookup functions, pivot tables, data validation, and large-data analysis.\n\nAbility to interpret engineering drawings, bills of materials, specifications, and manufacturing documentation.\n\nExperience using an ERP system for product, material, routing, or costing data.\n\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills.\n\nAbility to work independently while coordinating effectively across Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, Planning, Manufacturing, and Finance.\n\nPreferred:\n\nExperience with SAP ERP, particularly SAP Product Costing.\n\nExperience in industrial manufacturing, heat-exchanger manufacturing, metal fabrication, machining, welding, brazing, stamping, or assembly operations.\n\nKnowledge of time-study, work-measurement, and production-capacity methodologies.\n\nExperience with value engineering, design-to-cost, and make-versus-buy analysis.\n\nExperience reconciling quoted, standard, and actual product costs.\n\nGerman and English language skills.\n\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities:\n\nManufacturing cost estimation and cost-model development.\n\nSAP or comparable ERP product-costing processes.\n\nMaterial-usage, scrap, yield, labor, machine, and overhead analysis.\n\nBOM and routing analysis.\n\nQuoted, standard, and actual-cost variance analysis.\n\nCost-model sensitivity and risk analysis.\n\nValue engineering and design-to-cost.\n\nMake-versus-buy and sourcing analysis.\n\nAdvanced Excel and business-data analysis.\n\nCosting governance, documentation, and revision control.\n\nAbility to translate technical cost drivers into clear business conclusions.\n\nAbility to challenge unrealistic or unsupported manufacturing assumptions.\n\nHigh attention to detail without losing sight of material financial risks.\n\nPhysical Demands:\n\nAbility to perform computer-based analytical work for extended periods.\n\nAbility to sit, stand, walk, bend, and move between office, manufacturing, and warehouse areas.\n\nAbility to occasionally lift and carry up to 25 pounds.\n\nAbility to wear required PPE, including safety glasses, hearing protection, and safety footwear.\n\nWork Environment:\nThe position works in both office and manufacturing environments and requires regular interaction with Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, Production Planning, Manufacturing, and Finance. Regular production-floor presence is expected to validate manufacturing assumptions and observe actual processes. Occasional travel to manufacturing facilities, suppliers, or other company locations may be required.\n\nWhy AKG?\nAt AKG, we are committed to creating a workplace where employees feel valued, supported, and part of the solution. Safety is our top priority, and we believe strong teams are built through communication, accountability, and respect for others.\n\nAs part of The AKG Way, we strive to create an environment where employees can grow professionally while contributing to the success of the organization.\n\nWhat to Expect After Applying:\n\nApplications are reviewed by our HR and hiring teams\n\nQualified candidates will be contacted for a phone screening in 5 days\n\nSelected candidates will participate in an interview and facility overview in 10 days\n\nCommunication will be provided throughout the process\n\nAKG is an Equal Opportunity Employer.\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Socket","rawCompany":"socket","city":"Mebane","state":"NC","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-09T03:57:54.223Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1051.00","title":"Cost Estimators","slug":"cost-estimators"},{"code":"13-2031.00","title":"Budget Analysts","slug":"budget-analysts"},{"code":"13-2011.00","title":"Accountants and Auditors","slug":"accountants-and-auditors"}],"industries":[{"code":"334514","title":"Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing","slug":"totalizing-fluid-meter-and-counting-device-manufacturing"},{"code":"333914","title":"Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing","slug":"measuring-dispensing-and-other-pumping-equipment-manufacturing"},{"code":"339920","title":"Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing","slug":"sporting-and-athletic-goods-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Technical Costing Analyst","description":"What We Offer:\n\nCompetitive pay based on experience\n\nShift differential opportunities\n\nGREAT Medical, dental, and vision benefits the first of the month after 30 days\n\nCompany Paid Life Insurance, STD insurance and LTD insurance\n\nPTO and paid holidays\n\n401(k) with amazing company match\n\nTraining and advancement opportunities\n\nStable manufacturing environment\n\nEmployee recognition programs\n\nTeam-oriented culture focused on safety and respect\n\nWhat You’ll Do:\nAt AKG, we believe great people build great products. We are looking for dependable, safety-focused team members who want to grow their skills and be part of a company that values teamwork, accountability, respect, and continuous improvement.\n\nWe will train you...\n\nThe Technical Costing Analyst develops technically accurate, traceable, and commercially sound product-cost estimates for customer quotations, new products, engineering changes, sourcing decisions, and ongoing production. The role translates engineering designs and manufacturing requirements into documented material, labor, machine, overhead, tooling, purchased-component, outside-processing, packaging, and logistics assumptions.\n\nThe analyst partners with Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, Production Planning, Manufacturing, and Finance to maintain accurate product-costing data in SAP, reconcile quoted, standard, and actual costs, identify potential margin erosion, and support value-engineering and cost-reduction activities.\n\nThe position serves as the technical validator of product-cost assumptions. SAP calculates the result; the analyst validates the physical and commercial assumptions that drive the calculation.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nDevelop detailed product-cost estimates from engineering drawings, specifications, bills of materials, manufacturing concepts, customer requirements, and forecasted production volumes.\n\nEstablish documented assumptions for material usage, scrap, yield, labor content, machine time, tooling, outside processing, purchased components, packaging, freight, overhead, and other applicable cost elements.\n\nCritically evaluate and challenge costing inputs, including BOM completeness, manufacturing-sequence feasibility, cycle-time assumptions, labor content, scrap and yield factors, tooling requirements, sourcing strategies, and capacity constraints.\n\nReview product designs and proposed manufacturing processes to identify major cost drivers, manufacturability concerns, missing information, and cost-reduction opportunities.\n\nWork with Engineering and Manufacturing to define preliminary routings, production methods, cycle-time assumptions, equipment requirements, and process parameters when historical data is unavailable.\n\nObtain and validate material and purchased-component pricing with Purchasing, including source, effective date, quantity assumptions, minimum-order requirements, lead times, tooling, and nonrecurring costs.\n\nSupport make-versus-buy, sourcing, production-transfer, and alternative-manufacturing-method analyses.\n\nExecute and support SAP product-costing and mass-costing activities in accordance with approved Finance and business processes.\n\nReview costing-related SAP master data, including bills of materials, routings, work centers, activity rates, overhead application, scrap factors, and purchasing information; coordinate correction of identified discrepancies with the responsible owner.\n\nMonitor standard product costs and investigate significant changes, inconsistencies, or incomplete costing inputs.\n\nCompare quoted costs, released standard costs, and actual production costs to identify unfavorable variances and potential margin erosion.\n\nConduct post-launch and periodic cost reviews to determine whether quotation assumptions remain valid after design release and production stabilization.\n\nPrepare clear cost summaries, assumptions, sensitivities, risks, and recommendations for quotation and management review.\n\nSupport value-engineering, design-to-cost, continuous-improvement, and cost-reduction activities with fact-based financial analysis.\n\nMaintain costing standards, templates, calculation methods, assumptions, revision history, and supporting documentation.\n\nEscalate incomplete, inconsistent, or unreliable costing inputs that could materially affect quotation accuracy or product margin.\n\nSupport budgeting, financial planning, capital analysis, and margin reviews as assigned.\n\nAdhere to applicable company safety, quality, environmental, confidentiality, and operational requirements.\n\nMaintain regular and reliable physical attendance.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n\nParticipate in reviews involving new products, engineering changes, sourcing changes, production transfers, and capital projects.\n\nParticipate in value-analysis, cost-reduction, and continuous-improvement workshops.\n\nProvide backup support for related estimating and costing activities during absences or peak workload.\n\nTravel occasionally to manufacturing facilities, suppliers, or other company locations.\n\nPerform other related duties assigned by management.\n\nRequirements\nWhat We’re Looking For:\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\n\nBachelors degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Finance with manufacturing experience, or a related field, with at least three years of relevant experience; or an associate degree or technical certification with at least five years of directly relevant manufacturing-costing experience.\n\nExperience in manufacturing cost estimating, industrial engineering, production planning, manufacturing engineering, product costing, or a closely related discipline.\n\nWorking knowledge of bills of materials, manufacturing routings, labor standards, machine rates, scrap and yield, overhead application, and product-cost structures.\n\nAdvanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, lookup functions, pivot tables, data validation, and large-data analysis.\n\nAbility to interpret engineering drawings, bills of materials, specifications, and manufacturing documentation.\n\nExperience using an ERP system for product, material, routing, or costing data.\n\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills.\n\nAbility to work independently while coordinating effectively across Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, Planning, Manufacturing, and Finance.\n\nPreferred:\n\nExperience with SAP ERP, particularly SAP Product Costing.\n\nExperience in industrial manufacturing, heat-exchanger manufacturing, metal fabrication, machining, welding, brazing, stamping, or assembly operations.\n\nKnowledge of time-study, work-measurement, and production-capacity methodologies.\n\nExperience with value engineering, design-to-cost, and make-versus-buy analysis.\n\nExperience reconciling quoted, standard, and actual product costs.\n\nGerman and English language skills.\n\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities:\n\nManufacturing cost estimation and cost-model development.\n\nSAP or comparable ERP product-costing processes.\n\nMaterial-usage, scrap, yield, labor, machine, and overhead analysis.\n\nBOM and routing analysis.\n\nQuoted, standard, and actual-cost variance analysis.\n\nCost-model sensitivity and risk analysis.\n\nValue engineering and design-to-cost.\n\nMake-versus-buy and sourcing analysis.\n\nAdvanced Excel and business-data analysis.\n\nCosting governance, documentation, and revision control.\n\nAbility to translate technical cost drivers into clear business conclusions.\n\nAbility to challenge unrealistic or unsupported manufacturing assumptions.\n\nHigh attention to detail without losing sight of material financial risks.\n\nPhysical Demands:\n\nAbility to perform computer-based analytical work for extended periods.\n\nAbility to sit, stand, walk, bend, and move between office, manufacturing, and warehouse areas.\n\nAbility to occasionally lift and carry up to 25 pounds.\n\nAbility to wear required PPE, including safety glasses, hearing protection, and safety footwear.\n\nWork Environment:\nThe position works in both office and manufacturing environments and requires regular interaction with Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, Production Planning, Manufacturing, and Finance. Regular production-floor presence is expected to validate manufacturing assumptions and observe actual processes. Occasional travel to manufacturing facilities, suppliers, or other company locations may be required.\n\nWhy AKG?\nAt AKG, we are committed to creating a workplace where employees feel valued, supported, and part of the solution. Safety is our top priority, and we believe strong teams are built through communication, accountability, and respect for others.\n\nAs part of The AKG Way, we strive to create an environment where employees can grow professionally while contributing to the success of the organization.\n\nWhat to Expect After Applying:\n\nApplications are reviewed by our HR and hiring teams\n\nQualified candidates will be contacted for a phone screening in 5 days\n\nSelected candidates will participate in an interview and facility overview in 10 days\n\nCommunication will be provided throughout the process\n\nAKG is an Equal Opportunity Employer.\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","datePosted":"2026-09-09T03:57:54.223Z","dateModified":"2026-09-09T03:57:54.223Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Socket","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Mebane","addressRegion":"NC","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"22a6455f9ca3928411c8afd7"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/22a6455f9ca3928411c8afd7"}}