Senior Civil Estimator - Mining & Infrastructure

Fluor Corporation; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and sick leave

Job summary

Fluor Corporation is seeking a Civil Estimator IV for a site-based role at the Bagdad Mine project in Bagdad, Arizona. You will lead independent cost estimates, validate quantities, and manage commercial changes to improve forecast accuracy and project controls on complex mining infrastructure.

This senior position requires 10+ years of estimation experience, advanced knowledge of earthworks and concrete, and collaboration with engineering and construction teams to align scope, schedules, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management, quantity surveying, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years estimating experience on large mining, heavy civil, industrial, infrastructure, or EPC/EPCM projects.
• Experience estimating earthworks, mass excavation, embankments, structural concrete, underground services, roads and drainage.
• Experience evaluating contractor change orders, claims, productivity assumptions, and construction methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of quantity take-offs, progress measurement, cost control, forecasting, and estimate reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare independent estimates for earthworks, structural concrete, underground utilities, drainage, roads, and infrastructure scopes.
• Develop estimates using labor productivity, equipment rates, material pricing, subcontractor inputs, and project conditions.
• Support forecasting, contingency evaluations, risk analysis, and estimate-at-completion reviews.
• Benchmark contractor proposals against project estimates, historical data, and market information.
• Evaluate contractor change requests and validate scope, quantities, productivity assumptions, labor, equipment, and indirect costs.
• Develop independent estimates for changes, trends, claims, and commercial negotiations.
• Quantify impacts from engineering revisions, field changes, and evolving project requirements.
• Maintain clear estimate assumptions, exclusions, and supporting documentation.
• Verify installed quantities and earned progress against contractor reports, payment applications, and field records.
• Participate in quantity verification, joint measurements, and progress assessments.
• Reconcile reported progress with actual installed work and identify variances.

Skills

Estimating

Cost forecasting

Quantities take-offs

Progress measurement

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or equivalent experience

Tools

Estimating software

Job description

Fluor Corporation is seeking a Civil Estimator IV for a site-based role at the Bagdad Mine project in Bagdad, Arizona. You will lead independent cost estimates, validate quantities, and manage commercial changes to improve forecast accuracy and project controls on complex mining infrastructure.

This senior position requires 10+ years of estimation experience, advanced knowledge of earthworks and concrete, and collaboration with engineering and construction teams to align scope, schedules, and