Senior Estimator – Industrial and Maritime Construction

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Estimator to support large-scale industrial and maritime construction projects and programs. This role will be responsible for developing, managing, and validating estimates throughout the project lifecycle, from early feasibility and conceptual planning through detailed design and preconstruction.  The ideal candidate will possess extensive estimating experience within industrial, maritime, port, shipyard, marine, manufacturing, heavy industrial, or complex infrastructure projects. They will have a strong understanding of construction methodologies, market conditions, labor and material pricing, quantity takeoffs, value engineering, and cost benchmarking. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to clients and project teams, providing accurate, data-driven cost guidance that supports strategic project decisions and successful project outcomes.  To be successful in this role, you must be an excellent communicator with a proven track record of delivering accurate estimates across multiple project phases and geographic regions. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, analytical, self-motivated, and capable of working independently while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary stakeholders.  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.    • 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.  *On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs. The base salary range for this role is $135K-$160K USD. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package. 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 hea