CSA Capital Cost Estimator — Civil/Structural/Architectural

Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 131,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Eli Lilly and Company, headquartered in Indianapolis, seeks an experienced CSA Capital Cost Estimator to develop owner-side estimates for complex pharmaceutical manufacturing and infrastructure projects. You will convert evolving scope, design information, and market data into traceable, decision-ready estimates.

You will build labor, material, equipment, and contingency inputs, benchmark against market data, and maintain an auditable cost trail in Oracle Unifier PMIS, collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, quantity surveying, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of direct capital cost estimating experience for industrial, manufacturing, life sciences, or similarly complex capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience developing estimates across multiple levels of project definition, including conceptual and detailed estimates.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Lilly will not sponsor work authorization or visas.

Responsibilities

• Develop capital cost estimates from Class 5 through Class 1 using appropriate methods.
• Prepare estimate plans, workbooks, quantity takeoffs, pricing build-ups, bases of estimate, assumptions, exclusions, qualifications, and documentation.
• Interpret design information to define estimate scope and cost.
• Build labor, material, equipment, subcontract, and contingency inputs for the estimate.
• Maintain estimates in Oracle Unifier PMIS and provide an auditable estimate trail.

Skills

Capital cost estimating

Project estimation

Work authorization in US

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, quantity surveying, or related field

Job description

Eli Lilly and Company, headquartered in Indianapolis, seeks an experienced CSA Capital Cost Estimator to develop owner-side estimates for complex pharmaceutical manufacturing and infrastructure projects. You will convert evolving scope, design information, and market data into traceable, decision-ready estimates.

You will build labor, material, equipment, and contingency inputs, benchmark against market data, and maintain an auditable cost trail in Oracle Unifier PMIS, collaborating with