Principal Project Controls Estimator
Job Title: Principal Project Controls Estimator
Location: Charlotte, NC 28202
Contract length: 12-month Contract
Pay: $72/hr - $77.42/hr
Principal Project Controls Estimator Qualifications
Required
- Demonstrated estimating experience
- Experience estimating EPC or EPCM project scopes
- Proficiency with estimating tools (In-Eight) and advanced Excel-based models
- Solid understanding of labor productivity, indirect, escalation, and contingency development
- Graduation from a four-year college or university - business, finance, project management, engineering, technical, or equivalent
- Minimum of 9 years of project controls experience
- Minimum of 11 years of project controls experience in lieu of a degree in project controls principles
- Proficiency / Expertise with project management / project controls concepts / computer applications / analytics; strong collaborative team member
- Ability to lead complex assignments
- Exceptional communication skills
- Experience working in highly regulated or safety-critical environments
- Strong communication skills and ability to support estimate reviews with stakeholders
- Masters - business, finance, project management, or equivalent
- PMI or AACE certification (the following or equivalent are acceptable - PMP, CAPM, PMI-SP, AACE-CCC, AACE-PSP, AACE-CEP, AACE-EVP)
- Demonstrated expertise in using Software such as MS Project/MS Office Suite, Primavera, Business Objects, Prolog, Passport, Visio, Access, Powerplant, Maximo or EAM, PeopleSoft
- Risk management tools / Monte Carlo analysis
- Expert user of Excel
- Prior Client or Utility experience
- Develop and review detailed cost estimates for natural gas projects across engineering, procurement, and construction scopes
- Prepare bottoms-up and parametric estimates at various project phases (conceptual through definitive)
- Primary review of QTOs, potentially perform/ validate one off quantity take-off, cost normalization, benchmarking, and risk/contingency analysis
- Support estimate reviews, variance analysis, and management presentations
- Collaborate closely with project controls, engineering, and construction teams