Hybrid Senior Cost Estimator - Earned Value & Controls

Sargent Lundy; Amarillo (TX); Hybrid; USD 100,019 - 152,807; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plans: Medical, Dental, Vision

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Sargent & Lundy is seeking a Cost Estimator who can handle multiple roles within project management, including cost estimating, project engineering, and scheduling. The role supports detailed capital cost estimates and interacts with engineering teams to validate quantities and scopes.

The role offers a hybrid work arrangement with three days in the office and two days remote. Candidates should have 7+ years in cost estimating, strong Excel skills, and excellent communication and teamwork

Qualifications

• Must understand estimating functions from the conceptual design phase through the construction phase of a project.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with teamwork skills.
• Skilled with Excel software and building moderately-complex spreadsheets.
• Related engineering work experience, including project controls, project planning, scheduling, and earned value performance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed capital cost estimates using company tools, databases, and historical data.
• Perform material quantity take-offs, labor pricing, and work with vendors to obtain material and equipment costing.
• Coordinate information flow and schedules with project team members to complete estimates on time.
• Prepare cash flow, escalation, and interest calculations for estimates.
• Develop Estimate Basis documents.
• Coordinate with engineering to obtain and validate quantities, scope definitions, drawings, and equipment lists.
• Author and lead the development of engineering equipment lists and engineering studies and reports.
• Implement project controls and project management tools and methodology.
• Perform CPI/SPI calculations using earned value principles.
• Assist project teams in reconciling estimates against budgets, bids, and actual costs, and provide variance explanations.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Teamwork

Project controls

Earned value performance

Education

Construction Management, Engineering, or Business Degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Sargent & Lundy is seeking a Cost Estimator who can handle multiple roles within project management, including cost estimating, project engineering, and scheduling. The role supports detailed capital cost estimates and interacts with engineering teams to validate quantities and scopes.

The role offers a hybrid work arrangement with three days in the office and two days remote. Candidates should have 7+ years in cost estimating, strong Excel skills, and excellent communication and teamwork