Construction Cost Estimator

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative solutions, supporting critical missions across defense, intelligence, energy, and civilian sectors. Our people are our competitive advantage, driven by purpose, collaboration, and a commitment to delivering excellence for our customers and communities. We are currently seeking a Construction Cost Estimator to support our Spent Fuel Handling Project (SFHP).

In this role you will:

• Prepare independent cost estimates for submitted change order proposals
• Analyze specifications, sketches, drawings, contract document agreements, and prior change order proposals
• Become a subject matter expert on the contract verbiage for the contract being supported
• Utilize knowledge of construction and estimating principles, theories, concepts, and industry practices and standards to perform moderately complex assignments under general supervision to produce accurate and quality cost estimates
• Consult with the Project Manager and Engineers to discuss and formulate quality take-offs
• Identify areas of scope creep or scope gap in the change orders being proposed.
• Provide assistance in price negotiations, working closely with Project Manager and Project Controls management
• Collaborate with scheduling team to develop production-based bottom-up cost estimates and to ensure alignment of estimates to construction schedules.
• Accumulates, evaluates, and documents historical cost data and construction means and methods in order to maintain current estimating standards and databases
• Review and perform variance analysis on completed estimates to assess accuracy and lessons learned
• Support costing of Risk Registers and collaborates with Risk team to ensure all risk register items are aligned to project’s risk profile
• Perform detailed peer reviews of those estimates from fellow team members
• For all work done, it is expected that the estimator clearly document and communicate the scope of the estimate, the assumptions made, and any pertinent information gathered from the Project Manager or Engineering team. This is to be done in providing a narrative write-up explaining the Basis of Estimate. Followed up by a Variance Analysis write up for estimates that fall outside our target threshold

Qualifications:

• Microsoft Excel expertise
• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Accounting or other related field highly preferred
• 4 or more years of experience, education can substitute for some experience
• Must be able to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization. Note: U.S. Citizenship is required for facility credentials/authorization at this work location
• Experience in large scale heavy industrial projects highly preferred