Capital Projects Cost Lead — Factory Expansions

Hadrian; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life

401(k)

Relocation support

Flexible vacation

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian is advancing autonomous manufacturing and Factory-as-a-Service across North America. The Capital Projects Cost Manager will lead cost estimation, budgeting, and financial analysis for major facility builds and expansions, partnering with Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, and Finance to translate scope into reliable numbers.

You will develop preliminary scopes, feasibility budgets, and 60–100% design estimates, supporting bids, cost control, and executive-ready recommendations for

Qualifications

• 10+ years of construction estimating or preconstruction experience, including industrial or complex facilities.
• Experience estimating projects from early concept through final construction documents.
• Reading drawings, specs, equipment requirements and construction schedules.
• Advanced Excel for cost models, cash-flow forecasts and scenario analyses.
• Strong capital budgeting knowledge and alignment of budgets with Finance.
• Experience leveling bids and evaluating contractor proposals.
• Ability to turn complex cost data into actionable recommendations and work across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define early project scope, layouts, and infrastructure needs with engineers.
• Prepare estimates across design, construction, permitting, commissioning and contingency.
• Refine budgets from feasibility through 60–100% design and explain changes.
• Track estimates against bid results and final project costs to build benchmarks.
• Build cost models linking scope, schedule, procurement to capital needs and cash flow.
• Support capital approval requests and explain variances between budgets and forecasts.

Skills

Construction estimating

Preconstruction experience

Reading drawings

Advanced Excel

Capital budgeting

Bid evaluation

Independent communicator

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Hadrian is advancing autonomous manufacturing and Factory-as-a-Service across North America. The Capital Projects Cost Manager will lead cost estimation, budgeting, and financial analysis for major facility builds and expansions, partnering with Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, and Finance to translate scope into reliable numbers.

You will develop preliminary scopes, feasibility budgets, and 60–100% design estimates, supporting bids, cost control, and executive-ready recommendations for