Construction Estimator - Infrastructure (Rail)

Turner & Townsend$95K — $115K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or related field.
  • Minimum 5 years of relevant civil infrastructure construction experience in an estimating role, preferably with rail projects.
  • Experience providing conceptual estimating or pre-construction services in a management firm.
  • Solid background supporting large-scale construction initiatives and programs.
  • Strong understanding of construction technical matters, including value management and value engineering.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop cost plans and estimates from concept to detailed design across various regions.
  • Deliver and present updated cost plans at key design milestones.
  • Provide program-level estimates for defined scopes of work.
  • Coordinate and supervise the work of support staff.
  • Review design changes and new technologies, preparing estimates with accurate levels.
  • Analyze cost data to drive trends and summarize insights from completed projects.
  • Evaluate cost effectiveness of alternative products and value engineering at a program level.
  • Support training for internal and external estimating teams on new tools and templates.
  • Help prepare leadership presentations for the client's estimating team.
  • Deliver Life Cycle Costing models.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on large-scale construction projects.
  • Collaboration with a diverse team across multiple geographic regions.
  • Support for professional development and training.
  • Involvement in the evaluation of innovative design methodologies.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Construction Estimator to join our team to support large scale construction projects and programs. The ideal candidate will be a great communicator with a strong track record of providing accurate estimating services.

Responsibilities:
  • Developing cost plans and estimates from concept through detailed design across multiple geographic regions; with internal and external staff.
  • Delivering and presenting updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
  • Experience in providing program-level estimates for specific scopes of work
  • Coordinate, manage, and supervise the work of support staff.
  • Reviewing proposed design changes/new technologies and preparing estimates within appropriate accuracy levels.
  • Help drive cost model trends by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing cost information from completed projects.
  • Assess cost effectiveness of alternate products and value engineering ideas at a program level.
  • Support training to Development and external Estimating teams on new project estimating tools/templates.
  • Support preparation of leadership presentations for the client's Preconstruction and Estimating team.
  • Delivering Life Cycle Costing models.
  • SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
  • Minimum 5 years of relevant civil infrastructure (Aviation, Rail, Transportation, Bridges/Roads/Highways, Tunnels, Utilities) construction experience working in an estimating role supporting major programs. Rail experience is highly preferred
  • Experience providing conceptual estimating services and/or pre-construction services at a construction management or related firm.
  • Experience supporting large scale construction projects and programs.
  • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as value management and value engineering.
  • Excellent communication skills.


Additional Information

*The expectation is that this role will be performed on-site at least 4 days per week. On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

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