Senior Estimating & Benchmarking Lead

Fort Point LLC; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort Point LLC is seeking an Estimating & Benchmarking Lead to oversee the estimating group in development, review, validation, and reconciliation of capital estimates for the project. This role serves as the estimating SME and drives benchmarking analyses and cost validation studies.

You will help develop budgets early and track progress against the budget, and later oversee check estimates and independent assessments as the project advances.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Finance, Business, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of estimating, cost engineering, or project controls experience.
• Experience developing, reviewing, and validating capital cost estimates across multiple project phases.
• Strong knowledge of estimating methodologies, benchmarking, contingency development, estimate assurance, and cost analysis.
• Experience supporting large industrial, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, life sciences, energy, or infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, review, validation, reconciliation, and benchmarking of project capital cost estimates throughout the project lifecycle.
• Serve as the project's estimating SME and provide independent estimate assurance, cost validation, and benchmarking analyses.
• Support development of project budgets, contingencies, and funding requirements during early project phases.
• Monitor estimate performance against approved budgets and identify trends, risks, variances, and cost growth drivers.
• Oversee development of check estimates, estimate updates, and independent assessments as the project progresses.
• Coordinate estimating activities with project controls, engineering, procurement, construction, and contractor organizations.
• Provide estimating insights and recommendations to client and PMC leadership to support project decision-making.

Skills

Estimating leadership

Benchmarking

Cost validation

Project controls

Budget development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Fort Point LLC is seeking an Estimating & Benchmarking Lead to oversee the estimating group in development, review, validation, and reconciliation of capital estimates for the project. This role serves as the estimating SME and drives benchmarking analyses and cost validation studies.

You will help develop budgets early and track progress against the budget, and later oversee check estimates and independent assessments as the project advances.