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Estimating & Benchmarking Lead

Richmond, Virginia, US💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the development, review, validation, and benchmarking of capital cost estimates for major industrial and infrastructure projects.

Role type

Senior IC estimating & cost engineering lead

Builds

Project budgets, capital cost estimates, and cost validation studies for large-scale capital projects

Domain

Industrial construction, energy, life sciences, and infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

capital cost estimation, benchmarking, cost validation, contingency development, estimate assurance, cost analysis, project controls, budget tracking, risk identification, stakeholder coordination

Preferred skills

regulated manufacturing project experience, Owner's Representative/PMC/EPCM environment experience, large project management (> $500M TIC), Aspen Capital Cost Estimator proficiency, professional certifications (CCP, CEP, EVP, PSP, PMP)

Technologies

Aspen Capital Cost Estimator

Responsibilities

Lead development and validation of project capital cost estimates; serve as estimating SME for independent estimate assurance; support budget and contingency development; monitor estimate performance against approved budgets; oversee check estimates and updates; coordinate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams; provide cost insights to client leadership

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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