Estimating Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the estimating team supporting the Port Authority Bus Terminal program
• Establish estimating strategies, standards, and workflows aligned with program objectives
• Provide mentorship, training, and technical oversight to estimators and project controls staff
• Cookordination across project controls, scheduling, and construction management functions to ensure alignment
• Oversee development of comprehensive cost estimates across all phases (conceptual, schematic, design development, and construction)
• Analyze project risks, escalation, and contingencies to support budget forecasting and capital planning
• Maintain and enhance cost databases, benchmarks, and historical cost data

Stakeholder Coordination

• Interface with the Port Authority, design teams, contractors, and consultants to validate assumptions and align cost strategies
• Lead cost review meetings, value engineering sessions, and estimate reconciliation efforts
• Provide clear and actionable cost reporting and presentations to executive stakeholders

Procurement & Change Management

• Support procurement strategy development, including bid packaging and cost opinions
• Oversee contractor bid analysis, leveling, and recommendation processes
• Lead evaluation of change orders and claims, including pricing of scope changes and cost impacts

Program & Project Controls Integration

• Ensure alignment between estimates, project schedules, and financial forecasts
• Collaborate with project controls teams to support cost tracking, earned value analysis, and reporting
• Monitor project performance and recommend corrective actions to maintain budget adherence

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 12+ years of progressive experience in construction estimating for large-scale infrastructure or transportation projects
• Proven experience leading estimating teams on complex capital programs
• Strong knowledge of construction methods, materials, and cost drivers
• Demonstrated experience developing detailed cost estimates across multiple project phases
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and leadership skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting transit, aviation, or large public agency programs (e.g., Port Authority, MTA, DOT)
• Familiarity with alternative delivery methods (Design-Build, CM/GC, PPP)
• Proficiency with estimating and project controls tools (e.g., CostX, RSMeans, Primavera, eBuilder, Kahua)
• Professional certifications such as AACE Certified Cost Professional (CCP)

Compensation Range

$149,671.54 - $171,053.19

Benefits

• Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
• Disability insurance
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• 401(k) Plan
• Retail Counseling
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days)
• Paid Holidays (9 days)
• Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year)
• Parental Leave (up to 80 hours)
• Continuing Education Program
• Professional Licensure and Society Memberships