Senior Project Controls Estimator Hybrid

About the role

The Project Controls Advisor leads the consolidation of scope and cost for projects ranging from approximately $25 million to $1 billion. This role ensures projects adhere to governance processes and assists the Project Manager in securing executive approval throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Ensure projects follow the governance process and secure executive approval.
• Agregate and report on estimated project costs.
• Develop responses to regulatory and legal data requests pertaining to estimated costs.
• Operate as a subject matter expert on project estimation and aggregation methodology, including risk and contingency application.
• Work with Project Management, Project Controls, Engineering, Finance, Law, Regulatory, and others to:
• Plan, schedule, and manage the process for gathering scope and cost for project aggregations at each stage gate from all disciplines.
• Analyze cost estimates to verify alignment with historical benchmarks for projects with similar scope.
• Investigate and explain cost estimates that deviate from historical costs or expectations.
• Manage supporting documentation for stage gate updates and regulatory filings.
• Peer review project aggregations.
• Operate with minimal supervision.
• Develop Cost Estimates for new Transmission & Distribution Substations, Rebuild/Expansion of Substations, Major Equipment Replacements, Protection Upgrades/SA3, and new Customer Substations.
• Estimate material and labor costs using established estimating standards for direct and indirect costs and prepare estimates into Cost Estimating Tools such as SCMT and InEight.
• Collaborate with cross-functional impacted stakeholders and utilize Engineering, Cost Estimating, Scheduling, and Project Management knowledge to review cost estimates and obtain approvals.
• Perform detailed variance analysis for cost estimates at various stages of the project lifecycle.
• Prepare and update estimates based on change requests for scope, cost, and schedule.
• Complete multiple peer reviews of Cost Estimates prepared by different Estimating team members to validate accuracy, scope, jurisdictional splits, and cost elements.
• Prepare scope take-offs based on Design Specifications, Meeting Minutes/Scope of Work, and Electrical & Civil drawings.

Requirements

• Minimum of ten years construction industry experience.
• Thorough understanding of civil engineering principles, practices, and tools.
• Proficiency 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.
• Capability to visualize the finished grade production.
• 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.