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Turner & Townsend
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Turner & Townsend
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Turner & Townsend

Senior Estimator - Civil, Structural, Architectural

Cupertino, CA, United States

The base salary range for this role is $150K-$165K USD.

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Pay: The base salary range for this role is $150K-$165K USD.
Experience: Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 12, 2026

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Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Estimator to join our team in support of large-scale construction projects and programs. This position will focus on the development and delivery of estimates for Civil, Structural and Architectural (CSA) scopes across all phases of project delivery, from concept through detailed design. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator with a strong track record of providing accurate and comprehensive estimating services for CSA packages, including site development, earthworks, utilities, foundations, concrete, steel structures, building envelope, architectural finishes, and related construction elements. The successful candidate will have experience supporting complex construction programs, collaborating with multidisciplinary design and construction teams, and providing data-driven cost advice to clients and stakeholders. This role requires strong analytical skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to develop, review, and communicate estimates across multiple project stages while supporting strategic decision-making, value engineering initiatives, and cost benchmarking efforts.

Responsibilities:

Developing cost plans and estimates from concept through detailed design across multiple geographic regions; with internal and external staff.
Delivering and presenting updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
Experience in providing program-level estimates for specific scopes of work
Coordinate, manage, and supervise the work of support staff.
Reviewing proposed design changes/new technologies and preparing estimates within appropriate accuracy levels.
Help drive cost model trends by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing cost information from completed projects.
Assess cost effectiveness of alternate products and value engineering ideas at a program level.
Support training to Development and external Estimating teams on new project estimating tools/templates.
Support preparation of leadership presentations for the client’s Preconstruction and Estimating team.
Delivering Life Cycle Costing models.
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience
Experience in a construction cost management role such as Cost Manager, Quantity Surveyor, Estimator, Cost Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Cost Controls etc.
Experience providing conceptual estimating services and/or pre-construction services at a construction management or related firm.
Experience supporting large scale construction projects and programs
Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as value management and value engineering.
Excellent communication skills.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs. The base salary range for this role is $150K-$165K USD. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package. Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and www.heery.com/ All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Skills

Estimating
Analytical skills
Decision making
Geographic areas
Guide staff
Leadership
Presentation skills
Construction management
Cost management
Surveying
Construction industry
Communication skills
Recruitment

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