Estimator Senior

UCHealth; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage.

24/7 mental health support.

Discounted gym memberships.

Free Care.com membership.

Voluntary benefits package.

Paid time off and family leave.

Life and disability coverage.

Retirement and savings plans.

Job summary

UCHealth leads estimating and early-stage cost planning across the capital program to support feasibility analysis, project initiation, budgeting, and capital decisions. Builds standardized estimating methods, benchmarks, historical cost intelligence, and analytics that improve cost predictability.

This onsite role requires a Bachelor's degree and 7+ years in construction/cost planning, including healthcare projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field.
• 7 years of construction, preconstruction, estimating, cost planning, or related experience, including at least 3 years supporting estimating or cost-planning activities and experience with capital projects, healthcare construction, or complex facilities programs.

Responsibilities

• Develop conceptual, planning-level, and rough-order-of-magnitude estimates for capital projects and refine them at defined project milestones.
• Support feasibility studies, scope evaluation, project approvals, and budget alignment.
• Establish and maintain estimating methodologies, assumptions, confidence ranges, and standardized cost evaluation practices.
• Coordinate and validate inputs from consultants, contractors, project teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain historical cost databases, benchmarking resources, escalation analyses, and market intelligence. Produce portfolio analytics and cost insights for leadership decision-making.
• Support estimating systems, digital cost-planning tools, and integration with project controls and financial platforms.
• Assist with bid evaluation, procurement review, cost validation, and material change-order analysis.

Skills

Estimating

Cost planning

Capital projects

Healthcare construction

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field

Tools

Estimating systems

Cost-planning tools

Project controls integration

Job description

Description

Location: UCHealth UCHlth Leprino Building AMC, US:CO:Aurora

Department: UCHlth Facilities Design Const

Work Schedule: Full Time, 80.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)

Shift: Days

Pay: $58.11 - $87.17 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

This position is an onsite role and does not offer a hybrid or remote option

Summary

Leads estimating and early-stage cost planning across the capital program to support feasibility analysis, project initiation, budgeting, and capital decisions. Builds standardized estimating methods, benchmarks, historical cost intelligence, and analytics that improve cost predictability.

Responsibilities

Develop conceptual, planning-level, and rough-order-of-magnitude estimates for capital projects and refine them at defined project milestones. Support feasibility studies, scope evaluation, project approvals, and budget alignment.

Establish and maintain estimating methodologies, assumptions, confidence ranges, and standardized cost evaluation practices. Coordinate and validate inputs from consultants, contractors, project teams, and internal stakeholders.

Develop and maintain historical cost databases, benchmarking resources, escalation analyses, and market intelligence. Produce portfolio analytics and cost insights for leadership decision-making.

Support estimating systems, digital cost-planning tools, and integration with project controls and financial platforms. Assist with bid evaluation, procurement review, cost validation, and material change-order analysis.

Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field.


• 7 years of construction, preconstruction, estimating, cost planning, or related experience, including at least 3 years supporting estimating or cost-planning activities and experience with capital projects, healthcare construction, or complex facilities programs.

Employees are our number one asset.

UCHealth promotes a culture that invests in professional success and personal well-being through a comprehensive total rewards program. *

Recognition

• Performance bonus: UCHealth offers a 3-Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals and tenure. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October during the third year of employment.


• Performance-based pay increase: The Annual Merit Pay Increase recognizes work performance that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards documented through UCHealth's established evaluation process and accounts for increased experience, skills and cost of living.


• Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.

Health and well-being

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.


• Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and dependents.


• Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.


• Free Care.com membership.


• Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.


• Time away from work: Paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.


• Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options.


• Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability with a buy-up coverage option.

Retirement and savings

• 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.


• Additional 457(b) plan may be available.


• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health savings account available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.

Education and career growth

• UCHealth provides access to academic degrees and certificate programs to promote professional and personal growth.


• Up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.


• Other programs may qualify for up to $10,000/year pre-paid by UCHealth or up to $5,250/year in the form of tuition reimbursement.


• Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities.


• Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.

*Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.

We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.

UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law. UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when the do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.

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