Senior Capital Projects Cost Estimator

hadrian.co; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support may be provided

Flexible vacation policy

Medical, dental, vision, and life保险

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian is hiring a Capital Projects Cost Manager to lead cost estimation for manufacturing facilities, from feasibility to bid. You’ll partner with Engineering, Construction, and FP&A to translate requirements into reliable budgets and investment cases. Strong Excel, ERP, and BI skills are essential.

The role emphasizes budgeting, scenario analysis, and clear communication of cost data to leadership, across multiple projects in a fast-growing company.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of construction estimating or preconstruction experience, including industrial or technically complex facilities.
• Experience estimating projects from early concept through final construction documents, including quantity takeoffs and pricing across trades.
• Comfortable reading drawings, specs, equipment requirements and construction schedules.
• Advanced Excel skills for building cost models, cash-flow forecasts and scenario analyses.
• Solid grasp of capital budgeting, investment evaluation and basic accounting, enough to align budgets with Finance.
• Experience leveling bids and evaluating contractor proposals.
• Clear communicator who can turn complex cost data into a recommendation, and works independently across technical and finance teams while juggling multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Feasibility and Early Estimates: define scope with engineers, build conceptual budgets, document assumptions, compare options.
• Detailed Estimating: prepare estimates across trades, refine budgets through design stages, flag gaps and value engineering.
• Capital Planning and Financial Analysis: build cost models, analyze returns and cash flow, support capex vs opex decisions.
• Bidding and Leadership Reporting: prepare bid packages, reconcile costs to budgets, deliver exec-ready recommendations and templates.

Skills

Estimating

Cost modeling

Reading drawings

Excel advanced

Capital budgeting

Bid evaluation

Communication

Tools

NetSuite

SAP or similar ERP

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Hadrian is hiring a Capital Projects Cost Manager to lead cost estimation for manufacturing facilities, from feasibility to bid. You’ll partner with Engineering, Construction, and FP&A to translate requirements into reliable budgets and investment cases. Strong Excel, ERP, and BI skills are essential.

The role emphasizes budgeting, scenario analysis, and clear communication of cost data to leadership, across multiple projects in a fast-growing company.