Senior Cost Estimator & Project Controls Leader

Oracle; Port Washington (WI); On-site; USD 126,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle in the United States seeks an experienced cost estimating and project controls leader to drive multi-project cost governance and analytics. You will partner with project teams, procurement, and leadership to translate scope and market conditions into reliable estimates and actionable dashboards.

You will manage external QS partners, coordinate across regions, and mentor teams to improve estimate accuracy and forecasting maturity.

Qualifications

• Senior-level cost estimating, cost controls, commercial analysis, and project controls experience.
• Expertise in conceptual, budgetary, detailed, parametric, and quantity-based estimating methods.
• Strong understanding of multi-discipline construction scopes, contractor pricing, productivity, and field execution realities.
• Experience with cost forecasting, budget management, cost variance analysis, change order evaluation, contingency planning, and cost risk management.
• Proven ability to manage third-party QS firms, cost consultants, or external estimating partners.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior cost estimating, commercial analysis, and project controls subject matter expert for assigned projects, programs, and strategic initiatives.
• Support investment decisions, budget development, cost governance, forecasting, and execution visibility across the delivery portfolio.
• Translate project scope, design maturity, market conditions, contractor pricing, and field execution realities into accurate cost models, estimates, forecasts, risk assessments, and executive decision support.
• Act as Oracle's internal cost authority and owner representative for estimating, cost management, commercial validation, and third-party QS governance.
• Develop and validate conceptual, budgetary, and detailed estimates across electrical, low voltage, mechanical, civil, structural, architectural, controls, security, network, and site infrastructure scopes.
• Build and maintain cost models, parametric estimating tools, quantity-based estimates, labor productivity models, benchmarks, and should-cost analyses.
• Lead cost forecasting, trend analysis, variance analysis, escalation analysis, contingency analysis, and cost risk identification.
• Perform bid leveling, proposal normalization, commercial evaluations, contractor pricing reviews, vendor pricing validation, and scope gap analysis.
• Prepare Basis of Estimate packages, executive cost reporting, cost dashboards, estimate governance standards, and portfolio cost intelligence reports.
• Support change order evaluations, cost negotiation, cost-related decision support, project controls integration, and cost/schedule analytics.
• Provide portfolio cost visibility by connecting estimating, forecasting, commercial risk, project controls, and field execution data.
• Standardize estimating methodologies, cost reporting practices, and cost management procedures across assigned projects and programs.
• Manage external QS partners and cost consultants as integrated extensions of the delivery organization.

Skills

cost estimating

cost controls

commercial analysis

project controls

capital project delivery

multi-discipline scopes

cost forecasting

budget management

cost variance analysis

change order evaluation

QS governance

Job description

Oracle in the United States seeks an experienced cost estimating and project controls leader to drive multi-project cost governance and analytics. You will partner with project teams, procurement, and leadership to translate scope and market conditions into reliable estimates and actionable dashboards.

You will manage external QS partners, coordinate across regions, and mentor teams to improve estimate accuracy and forecasting maturity.