Remote Cost Estimator - Data Center Programs

qc-ecosystem-of-companies; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

FSA

Dental & Vision

401k

PTO

Life insurance

Disability

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Job summary

QC Servion seeks an experienced Cost Estimator to support multiple entities across the QC Ecosystem on complex data center, infrastructure, utility, and mission-critical development programs. This shared-resource role partners with development, program management, engineering, construction, and funding stakeholders to provide cost visibility throughout the project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate combines strong estimating expertise with practical understanding of capital projects, procurement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Business, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain conceptual, schematic, design development, and detailed cost estimates throughout the project lifecycle.
• Build and maintain cost models to support planning, budgeting, and executive decision-making.
• Benchmark costs against comparable data center, mission-critical, industrial, and infrastructure projects.
• Perform quantity takeoffs and pricing exercises across: Mechanical systems; Electrical systems; Site utilities; Civil infrastructure; Building systems.
• Maintain current market pricing, labor assumptions, escalation factors, and productivity data.
• Support value engineering and cost optimization initiatives.
• Develop and maintain project budgets from initial concept through construction.
• Support capital planning, investment analysis, and commercial decision-making.
• Track budget movements and provide clear explanations for variances.
• Evaluate the cost impact of design changes, scope modifications, and procurement decisions.
• Provide stakeholders with accurate forecasting and budget visibility throughout project execution.
• Review, validate, and challenge estimates prepared by contractors, consultants, and trade partners.
• Identify gaps, exclusions, assumptions, contingencies, and cost risks.
• Support bid evaluations, subcontractor leveling, and procurement activities.
• Prepare independent cost opinions and estimate reviews to support project teams and leadership.
• Partner with scheduling and program controls teams to understand schedule impacts.
• Evaluate the cost implications of acceleration efforts, delays, resequencing, long-lead procurement changes, scope modifications.
• Quantify schedule-related costs such as escalation and remobilization.
• Ensure alignment between cost forecasts and master schedules.
• Collaborate with development, engineering, construction, utility, commissioning, and PMO teams.
• Present estimate assumptions, risks, and recommendations to project teams and leadership.
• Support funding reviews, project reporting, and executive presentations when required.

Skills

Estimating

Cost management

Preconstruction

Commercial management

Capital project delivery

Data center projects

Cost planning

Quantity takeoffs

Budget development

Procurement processes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CostX

On-Screen Takeoff

Sage Estimating

Bluebeam

Similar estimating platforms

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

QC Servion seeks an experienced Cost Estimator to support multiple entities across the QC Ecosystem on complex data center, infrastructure, utility, and mission-critical development programs. This shared-resource role partners with development, program management, engineering, construction, and funding stakeholders to provide cost visibility throughout the project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate combines strong estimating expertise with practical understanding of capital projects, procurement