Senior Construction Estimator - Program & Cost Management

Turner & Townsend; Westerly (RI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Estimator to join our team for large-scale construction projects and programs. The ideal candidate will communicate effectively and provide accurate estimating services across diverse regions and teams.

The role focuses on developing cost plans, coordinating staff, and delivering updated estimates at design milestones, with SOX controls as applicable. On-site presence is required, with flexible client needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in a construction cost management role such as Cost Manager, Quantity Surveyor, Estimator, Cost Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Cost Controls etc.
• Experience providing conceptual estimating services and/or pre-construction services at a construction management or related firm.
• Experience supporting large scale construction projects and programs.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as value management and value engineering.

Responsibilities

• Developing cost plans and estimates from concept through detailed design across multiple geographic regions; with internal and external staff.
• Delivering and presenting updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Experience in providing program-level estimates for specific scopes of work
• Coordinate, manage, and supervise the work of support staff.
• Reviewing proposed design changes/new technologies and preparing estimates within appropriate accuracy levels.
• Help drive cost model trends by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing cost information from completed projects.
• Assess cost effectiveness of alternate products and value engineering ideas at a program level.
• Support training to Development and external Estimating teams on new project estimating tools/templates.
• Support preparation of leadership presentations for the client’s Preconstruction and Estimating team.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Skills

Cost management

Estimating

Quantity surveying

Preconstruction

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Estimator to join our team for large-scale construction projects and programs. The ideal candidate will communicate effectively and provide accurate estimating services across diverse regions and teams.

The role focuses on developing cost plans, coordinating staff, and delivering updated estimates at design milestones, with SOX controls as applicable. On-site presence is required, with flexible client needs.