Cost Estimator
Posted 12 Aug 2026
Advertised as “Senior Cost Estimator”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 15+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- Hybrid
No salary listed for this role.
CertificationsEIT, CCT, CST, LEED Green Associate, Associate DBIA
CertificationsProfessional Engineer, CCP, PSP, LEED AP BD+C
Your Opportunity
We're currently seeking a Senior Cost Estimator to join our dynamic team. In this role, you'll play a critical part in our multidisciplinary municipal, industrial, and alternative project delivery design and construction management teams. If you're passionate about numbers, thrive on precision, and want to contribute to impactful projects, this opportunity is for you. This role is open in multiple locations across the US.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Cost Estimation Excellence: You'll supervise, facilitate, and coordinate the development of accurate, timely, and detailed cost estimates for major capital and construction projects. Your expertise will guide project outcomes and ensure superior client satisfaction.
- Analytical Insight: You'll prepare cost estimates by meticulously analyzing costs, materials, labor, bid documentation, and specifications associated with each project. Your attention to detail will be crucial in delivering reliable estimates.
- Database Management: Design, implement, and maintain cost estimating database(s) using various software applications. Your proficiency will streamline our estimation processes.
- Value Management: Collaborate with project teams to review drawings and specifications, determining costs, and assisting in value management. Your insights will drive cost-effective decisions.
- Validation and Guidance: Evaluate third-party estimates and track market conditions and costs to validate estimates. Provide expert estimating guidance to medium and large projects, even those of extreme complexity.
- Technical Skills: Perform quantity take-offs for large concrete structures, including formwork, reinforcement, and embedded metals. Additionally, contribute to project sequencing and scheduling for complex water projects, building the project master construction schedule.
- Documentation: Writing concise Basis of Estimate and Basis of Schedule reports.
- Client Collaboration: Participate in client cost estimate and schedule reviews, ensuring alignment with project goals.
- Risk Assessment: Establish site-specific estimating criteria, including labor, equipment, and material supply. Direct the preparation of cost and schedule risk
- Collaboration with Design Team: Analyze critical path activities and work through issues with the project design team. Your problem-solving skills will be invaluable.