Senior CSA Estimator - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior CSA Estimator to support a high‑profile data center campus program in the Indianapolis area. The role focuses on developing detailed CSA estimates for core‑and‑shell facilities, with advanced estimating expertise for multi‑phase delivery across major capital programs.

Responsibilities include leading quantity takeoffs, benchmarking, cost modeling, and coordinating with procurement and project controls to align estimates with budgets and program plans.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant experience in construction cost management or estimation.
• Experience in conceptual to detailed estimating for large-scale projects.
• Knowledge of value management and value engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage cost plans and detailed estimates from concept through detailed design across multiple geographies.
• Lead estimate reviews with internal and external teams and present milestone updates.

Skills

Estimating experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsendis seeking an experiencedSeniorCSA Estimatorto support a high‑profile client’s large‑scale, multi‑building data center campus program in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. The role focuses on developing detailed civil, structural, and architectural (CSA) estimates for complex, innovative core‑and‑shell facilities.

This position requires advanced estimating expertise, the ability to operate effectively in fast‑paced and evolving environments, and proven experience supporting multi‑phase delivery across major capital construction programs.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage cost plans and detailed estimates from concept through detailed design across multiple geographies; lead estimate reviews with internal and external teams.
• Present milestone cost updates (concept, schematic, DD, CD) and clearly communicate basis of estimate, assumptions, inclusions/exclusions, and risks.
• Lead quantity takeoffs and cost checks for complex, multi‑package CSA scopes; ensure alignment between scope, drawings/models, and estimate.
• Provide program‑level estimating for defined scopes, synthesizing inputs across multiple projects/campuses to support portfolio‑level decisions.
• Review contractor pricing (bids, pay applications, change orders); perform comparative assessments and prepare recommendations.
• Drive benchmarking and cost modeling; build, maintain, and apply historical cost data and metrics; support life‑cycle cost (LCC) analyses.
• Facilitate value engineering (VE); develop cost/benefit options and support feasibility and early‑stage cost modeling.
• Support procurement and preconstruction, including prequalification, bid list development, bid analysis, tender reporting, and contract documentation.
• Partner with cost management, procurement, and project controls to align estimating outputs with budgets, commercial strategy, and program‑level planning.
• Assess design evolutions and produce timely estimate updates at appropriate accuracy levels.
• Mentor and coordinate support staff; contribute to training materials, templates, and internal/external estimating tools.
• Prepare leadership‑ready content for client preconstruction and estimating presentations.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role and must be adhered to where applicable

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.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.

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