Principal Estimator

Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC; Aiken (SC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking a Principal Estimator to support the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The role focuses on leading project controls, financial analysis, and estimating efforts across complex programs.

The candidate will develop baselines, coordinate with stakeholders, perform variance analyses, and guide teams through change management and cost control throughout the project life cycle.

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls, financial analysis or estimating for complex projects.
• Ability to develop cost and schedule baselines and work breakdown structures.
• Proven capability to communicate variance analyses and mitigation plans.
• Lead multi-project analysis and problem correction.

Responsibilities

• Organize and maintain total project controls and cost control processes.
• Prepare business/financial plans and periodic/ad hoc reports.
• Develop cost and schedule baselines, WBS, spend plans.
• Lead advanced project control applications and systems.
• Guide teams in complex, multi-project analysis and corrections.
• Participate in routine cost reviews and schedule meetings.
• Implement basic change management for engineering and construction scope.
• Explain variances and mitigation plans to management.
• Understand business environment and site operations.
• Serve as liaison between client and planning process.

Skills

Project controls

Cost/schedule baselines

Variance analysis

Change management

Leadership

Job description

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a Principal Estimator opportunity to support the Savannah River Site.

Application Deadline: 10/12/26 (by Noon ET)

Duties

• Responsible for the organization, development, implementation, maintenance and accountability of total project controls, financial analysis or estimating applications designed to provide management with the total capability of maintaining planning, scheduling, financial analysis and cost control throughout the life cycle of a very complex or unique project or program.
• Under very limited supervision, performs project controls activities, prepares business/financial plans and reports on a periodic or ad hoc basis.
• Demonstrate proficient ability and knowledge in the development of cost and schedule baselines, milestone schedules, work breakdown structures, spend out plans to establish optimum conditions and effective utilization of resources and facilities, including equipment, manpower, and funding.
• Utilize advanced project control concepts to demonstrate personal expertise and leadership in the application of controls including the development of advanced system applications.
• Provide state-of-the-art technical control expertise to guide subordinates in the development of complex, multi-project integrated area project analysis and problem correction.
• Participates in routine project cost reviews/schedule meetings.
• Develops and implements a basic change management system for engineering and construction assigned work scope
• Analyzes variances in cost and schedule performance against the plan, and communicate the reasons for the issuance of variance and proposed mitigation plans to Management.
• Understands the business environment and the operations of the area being supported.
• Provides the key linkage between the client and the planning process and actively contributes to the control