Senior Rail & Transit Cost Estimator - Complex Projects

Consertus-US; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Life & disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Consertus seeks an experienced Senior Cost Estimator – Rail & Transit to support Los Angeles Metro and major Southern California transportation projects. You will build and validate cost estimates across the project lifecycle, covering rail, transit, heavy civil, stations, and utilities, coordinating with PM, engineering, procurement, and controls teams.

The role requires in-depth public-infrastructure estimating experience and familiarity with Design-Build, CMGC, CMAR, and related delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, or a related field.
• 10–15 years of progressive construction cost estimating experience supporting public infrastructure, heavy civil, transportation, rail, or transit projects.
• Strong knowledge of estimating principles, quantity takeoffs, unit-cost development, labor and equipment productivity, escalation, contingency, and pricing.
• Experience with Design-Build or other Alternative Delivery methods.
• Ability to read, interpret, and analyze construction drawings and contract documents.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive construction cost estimates from conceptual through final construction documents.
• Prepare estimates at varying design maturities, including conceptual, schematic, and design development.
• Perform detailed quantity takeoffs from drawings, specs, and design documents.
• Develop labor, equipment, material, subcontractor, and unit-cost assumptions.
• Research current unit pricing, market conditions, escalation factors, and historical data.
• Prepare estimates for major rail, transit, heavy civil, roadway, and utility projects.
• Maintain Basis of Estimate documentation with scope, assumptions, methodology, and pricing sources.
• Coordinate with schedulers to align cost with schedules and cash flow.
• Support change-order estimating, risk-based estimating, and contingency development.

Skills

Excel data analysis

Cost estimation

Construction cost estimating

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, or related field

Tools

HCSS HeavyBid

Sage Estimating

On-Screen Takeoff

Bluebeam Revu

Job description

Consertus seeks an experienced Senior Cost Estimator – Rail & Transit to support Los Angeles Metro and major Southern California transportation projects. You will build and validate cost estimates across the project lifecycle, covering rail, transit, heavy civil, stations, and utilities, coordinating with PM, engineering, procurement, and controls teams.

The role requires in-depth public-infrastructure estimating experience and familiarity with Design-Build, CMGC, CMAR, and related delivery