Senior Project Controls Estimator Hybrid

About the role

The Project Controls Advisor at PM2CM, Inc. is responsible for consolidating scope and cost for projects ranging from $25M to $1B+. This role ensures projects adhere to governance processes and assists the Project Manager in obtaining executive approval throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead the effort to consolidate scope and cost for projects ranging from $25M to $1B+
• Avoid and mitigate claims by managing change requests
• Aggregates and reports on estimated project costs
• Develops responses to regulatory and legal data requests pertaining to estimated costs
• Operates with minimal supervision
• Plans, schedules, and manages the process for gathering scope and cost for project aggregations at each stage gate from all disciplines
• Analyzes cost estimates to verify they are in line with historical benchmarks for projects with comparable scope
• Investigates rationale and drivers for estimates that are out of line with historical costs or expectations with estimators from functional groups
• Manages supporting documentation for stage gate updates and regulatory filings
• Peer reviews project aggregations
• Develops cost estimates for new transmission and distribution substations, rebuilds, expansions, major equipment replacements, protection upgrades, and new customer substations
• Prepares scope take-offs based on design specifications, meeting minutes/scope of work, and electrical and civil drawings
• Estimates material and labor costs using estimating standards for direct and indirect costs and prepares estimates into cost estimating tools such as SCMT and InEight
• Collaborates with cross-functional impacted stakeholders and utilizes engineering, cost estimating, scheduling, and project management knowledge to review cost estimates and obtain approvals
• Performs detailed variance analysis for cost estimates at various stages of the project life cycle
• Prepares and updates estimates based on change requests for scope, cost, and schedule
• Completes multiple peer reviews of cost estimates prepared by different estimating team members to validate accuracy, scope, jurisdictional splits, and cost elements

Requirements

• Minimum of ten years construction industry experience
• Thorough understanding of civil engineering principles, practices, and tools
• Proficient in computer-assisted design (AutoCAD) and other design, data recording, and analysis software
• Ability to read, interpret, and understand engineering plans and schematics, and soils reports
• Knowledge of best management practices (BMP)
• Thorough understanding of materials, methods, and tools involved in the construction or repair of buildings
• Thorough understanding of safety regulations related to assigned projects
• Ability to identify and solve complex problems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Extremely detail-oriented and accurate