Data Center MEP Senior Estimator
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Nashville, TN, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 10+ years of progressive experience in MEP estimating, cost management, quantity surveying, preconstruction, commercial management, or related capital-project delivery roles.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience developing conceptual, parametric, budgetary, quantity-based, and detailed estimates for large, technically complex construction or infrastructure projects.
- Strong technical understanding of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, process, fire protection, controls, low-voltage, and commissioning scopes, including system interfaces and field installation realit
- Proven ability to structure estimates using CBS and WBS frameworks and maintain traceability between scope, quantities, work packages, budgets, forecasts, and changes.
- Advanced capability in bid leveling, proposal normalization, quantity validation, scope reconciliation, should-cost analysis, contractor pricing review, and commercial negotiation.
- Strong understanding of labor productivity, equipment and material pricing, indirect costs, general conditions, escalation, contingency, markups, schedule premiums, and regional construction-market dy
- Experience preparing and presenting cost recommendations, funding positions, risks, and decision materials to Finance and senior leadership audiences.
- Advanced analytical and spreadsheet-based cost-modeling skills, with the ability to learn and use enterprise estimating, cost management, and reporting tools.
- Ability to work independently in an ambiguous, fast-moving, high-accountability environment and influence internal and external stakeholders without direct authority.
Nice to have
- Experience as a quantity surveyor or cost consultant, including preparation or independent review of MEP cost plans, tender analyses, valuations, and change assessments.
- Experience with hyperscale data centers, colocation facilities, mission-critical infrastructure, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, or similarly complex technical environments.
- Owner-side estimating, owner's representative, procurement, commercial management, or contract negotiation experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience; relevant professional accreditation is a plus.
- Experience across multiple regions, construction markets, delivery models, contractors, vendors, or colocation providers.
Full description
The Global Program Controls organization provides governance, reporting, controls processes, cost management support, and portfolio visibility to help Oracle Cloud Infrastructure deliver global data center programs with greater consistency, transparency, and execution discipline.
Oracle is seeking an experienced MEP Senior Estimator (IC4) to support hyperscale data center development, colocation build-outs, and infrastructure delivery across multiple regions. This is a senior, hands-on individual-contributor role with end-to-end responsibility for conceptual, budgetary, and detailed estimates across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, process, fire protection, controls, low-voltage, and related mission-critical systems.
The MEP Senior Estimator will serve as Oracle's owner-side cost authority for assigned projects, translating design maturity, system capacity, market conditions, contractor pricing, and field execution realities into defensible budgets and decision support. The role will independently review and normalize estimates submitted by colocation providers, contractors, and quantity surveying partners; lead pricing reconciliation and negotiation; align estimates to approved cost breakdown structure (CBS) and work breakdown structure (WBS) requirements; and present clear cost recommendations to Finance and senior leadership.
Estimating and Cost Model Development
- Own the development, validation, reconciliation, and defense of conceptual, budgetary, and detailed MEP and process estimates for complex data center projects, programs, and strategic initiatives.
- Develop estimates with limited or evolving design information using capacity, topology, redundancy, equipment counts, quantities, labor productivity, regional market data, historical actuals, and parametric metrics such as cost per MW, rack, square foot, or system.
- Estimate mechanical and process systems including cooling generation and distribution, heat rejection, pumps, air-side systems, liquid cooling, process and domestic water, drainage, water treatment, fuel oil, plumbing, fire protection, and associated controls and commissioning requirements.
- Estimate electrical and low-voltage systems including utility and site power, substations, medium- and low-voltage distribution, transformers, switchgear, generators, UPS and battery systems, busway, rack power, grounding, lighting, BMS, EPMS, DCIM interfaces, fire alarm, security, and structured cabling.
- Build and maintain quantity-based, labor-hour, productivity-based, parametric, benchmark, and should-cost models that make assumptions and cost drivers transparent.
- Map estimates to the approved CBS and WBS, maintaining traceability from scope, quantities, equipment, and work packages through budget lines, funding requests, forecasts, and change control.