Senior Estimator – Industrial and Maritime Construction

Turner & Townsend•Baltimore, MD

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Estimator to support large-scale industrial and maritime construction projects and programs. The role develops, manages, and validates estimates throughout the project lifecycle, from early feasibility and conceptual planning through detailed design and preconstruction. Relevant project settings include industrial, maritime, port, shipyard, marine, manufacturing, heavy industrial, and complex infrastructure projects. The Senior Estimator applies knowledge of construction methodologies, market conditions, labor and material pricing, quantity takeoffs, value engineering, and cost benchmarking. The role provides clients and project teams with accurate, data-driven cost guidance to support strategic project decisions and project outcomes. The successful candidate communicates effectively, delivers accurate estimates across multiple project phases and geographic regions, and works independently while collaborating with multidisciplinary stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a 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, or Project Cost Controls.
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.

Responsibilities

Develop cost plans and estimates from concept through detailed design across multiple geographic regions, working with internal and external staff.
Deliver and present updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
Provide program-level estimates for specific scopes of work.
Coordinate, manage, and supervise the work of support staff.
Review proposed design changes and new technologies and prepare estimates within appropriate accuracy levels.
Collect, analyze, and summarize cost information from completed projects to help drive cost model trends.
Assess the cost effectiveness of alternate products and value engineering ideas at a program level.
Support training for Development and external Estimating teams on new project estimating tools and templates.
Support preparation of leadership presentations for the client’s Preconstruction and Estimating team.
Deliver Life Cycle Costing models.
Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.