Senior Estimator - Life Sciences Construction

Turner & Townsend; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm is seeking a Senior Construction Estimator in Indianapolis to support large scale construction projects. The role involves developing detailed cost estimates and managing support staff. Candidates should have significant experience in construction cost management, strong communication skills, and the ability to navigate value engineering. The salary range for this position is $110K-$165K, reflecting the firm's dedication to providing equitable compensation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in construction cost management roles like Estimator or Cost Manager.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop cost plans and estimates from concept to detailed design.
• Present updated cost plans at design milestones.
• Coordinate and manage support staff.

Skills

Communication

Cost Estimating

Construction Management

Value Engineering

Education

Experience in surveying, engineering or construction field

Job description

Overview

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. We turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, 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 programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Estimator to join our team to support large scale construction projects and programs. The ideal candidate will be a great communicator with a strong track record of providing accurate estimating services.

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.
• Provide program-level estimates for specific scopes of work.
• Coordinate, manage, and supervise the work of support staff.
• Review proposed design changes/new technologies and prepare 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.
• Deliver Life Cycle Costing models.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Experience in 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, or Project Cost Controls.
• 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.
• Excellent communication skills.

Additional Information

The salary range for this full-time role is $110K-$165K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

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

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

Turner & Townsend does not accept speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to internal recruitment teams or hiring managers from agencies outside our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due due process. Unsolicited CVs will be treated as direct applications.

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