Cost Estimator Supervisor

Aviation Enterprise; United States; On-site; USD 133,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Aviation Enterprise is seeking a Cost Estimator Supervisor to oversee development, review, and management of project cost estimates, cost impact analyses, and cost forecasts for its construction programs. You will ensure the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of cost information throughout the project life cycle.

Serves in the Engineering Project Management and Controls Department and supervises staff, consultants, and contractors in preparing estimates, change notices, and life cycle

Qualifications

• Eight years of progressively responsible experience in analyzing and estimating costs of design and construction projects.
• Knowledge of project and construction cost estimating principles and methodologies.
• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices, including work planning and staff development.
• Ability to prepare, review, reconcile, and validate independent estimates, budgets, and change estimates.

Responsibilities

• Directs and monitors staff that analyzes, appraises, and forecasts schedules; conducts cost estimating; performs management information functions.
• Supports the Engineering Project Management and Controls Manager in developing cost estimating standards and change estimates.
• Provides technical direction to staff, consultants, and contractors in preparing and validating design to estimates and bid estimates.
• Supervises and reviews independent cost estimates for project development, budget preparation, and construction changes.
• Oversees collaboration to coordinate project metrics, actuals, contract commitments, and cost justifications.

Skills

Cost Estimating

Budgeting

Staff Supervision

Change Management

Contract/Bid Analysis

Risk Analysis

Job description

Compensation Grade:S23 Salary Range:$133,238.00-$193,195.00

Opening Date:October 30, 2026

Closing Date:November 14, 2026 Please Note: All job announcements close at 11:59 p.m. of the day before the posted closing date.

Cost Estimator Supervisor

As a Cost Estimator Supervisor, you will oversee the development, review, and management of project cost estimates, cost impact analyses, and cost forecasts for the Airports Authority's construction projects/programs. You will ensure the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of cost information throughout the project life cycle.

Serves in the Engineering Project Management and Controls Department of the Office of Engineering. Offices are located at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).

Through subordinate staff, consultants, contractors, and/or personally, and in collaboration with the Department Manager, provides a wide range of cost estimating functions, including verification (or origination) of independent cost estimates, cost impact analysis, cost analysis, statistical business case analysis, and cost forecasting functions in support of the planning and management of the Capital Construction Program (CCP), Capital Operating and Maintenance Investment Program (COMIP), Dulles Corridor Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and Dulles Corridor Repair and Rehabilitation (R&R) Program. Performs related duties.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Directs and monitors staff that analyzes, appraises, and forecasts schedules; conducts cost estimating; performs management information functions; and executes general administrative tasks.
• Supports the Engineering Project Management and Controls Manager in developing and maintaining cost estimating standards, procedures, and capabilities, including the preparation and/or evaluation of change estimates
• Provides technical direction to staff, consultants, Architectural and Engineering (A/E) estimators, and construction contractors in preparing and validating all Design to Estimates (DTEs), initial construction bid estimates, and change notices cost estimates.
• Supervises and reviews independent cost estimates prepared by staff and consultants for project development, budget preparation, and construction changes, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with established standards.
• Oversees Cost Estimators' collaboration with project managers, project administrators, and Design Department and Construction Department personnel to coordinate and verify project metrics, project actuals, contract commitments, and business case/cost justifications.
• Determines the cost and impacts related to change control on capital projects. Reviews contract documentation and contract modifications to determine scope of work and/or scope changes related to budget and schedules.
• Reviews and offers technical expertise for compiling and reviewing Request for Proposals (RFPs), Invitations for Bids (IFBs), and the responses from offerors to assess completeness, reasonableness, and compliance with project requirements.
• Reviews and reconciles budget estimates, independent cost estimates, construction and design change estimates, and supports the development of cost-benefit analyses including Life Cycle Cost Estimates (LCCE) and Analyses of Alternatives (AoA), to aid management budgetary decisions.
• Supports the development and implementation of statistical analyses for cost estimates based on a risk analysis for construction estimates, considering such factors as work scope, criticality and timelines, and associated market factors on labor and materials.
• Reviews project risks to develop an adequate contingency level on the associated projects and provides narrative explanations for risk levels and the project's risk rating.
• Maintains knowledge of industry expert forecasts, as well as current leading economic indicators, and benefit indicators on construction labor, and other econometric indicators that impact potential estimating assumptions in support of Airport Authority projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Eight years of progressively responsible experience in analyzing and estimating costs of design and construction projects. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project and construction cost estimating principles and methodologies, including conceptual, design-phase, bid-phase, and construction-phase estimates; quantity takeoffs; labor, material, and equipment pricing; indirect costs; escalation; markups; and contingencies.
• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices, including work planning, workload management, staff development, performance evaluation, and resource allocation..
• Ability to prepare, review, reconcile, and validate independent estimates, budgets, contractor bids/proposals, and change estimates; assess proposed costs and supporting documentation; and develop defensible reco