Senior Estimator - Life Sciences Construction

Turnertownsend; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

On-site presence may be required, with SOX controls and collaboration across internal and external teams. 5–7 years of relevant construction cost management experience is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction related field.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience in construction cost management.
• Experience in conceptual estimating and pre-construction services.
• Strong knowledge of value management and value engineering.

Responsibilities

• Developing cost plans and estimates from concept through detailed design.
• Delivering and presenting updated cost plans at design milestones.
• Coordinate, manage, and supervise staff involved in estimates.
• Reviewing design changes and preparing estimates with accuracy.
• Lead life cycle costing models and cost trend analysis.
• Support policy and process improvements for preconstruction estimating.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Estimating experience

Leadership / supervision

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management

Job description

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.
• 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.
• Delivering Life Cycle Costing models.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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

• 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.
• Excellent communication skills.

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