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Construction Estimator

Turner & Townsend
Seattle, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/7/2026

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 a Construction Estimator to join our talented team. The ideal individual will be a good communicator and a team player with a good foundation in cost and estimating.  

*This is a hybrid opportunity

Responsibilities: 

  • Developing cost plans and estimates from concept through detailed design. 
  • Supporting Client land acquisitions. 
  • Delivering and presenting updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones. 
  • Reviewing proposed design changes/new technologies and preparing estimates within appropriate accuracy levels. 
  • Understanding design stages and estimate levels. 
  • Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises. 
  • Preparing cash commit forecasts for the construction life cycle. 
  • Working collaboratively with stakeholders in the preparation of estimates/ cost plans. 
  • Analyzing labor markets and cost drivers such as unions & tax. 
  • Supporting our clients with monthly presentations. 
  • Delivering Life Cycle Costing models. 
  • Benchmarking integration to ensure accurate data capture. 
  • 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 3-5 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience working in a construction cost management role such as Estimating, Cost Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Cost Controls etc. 
  • Thrives in a client facing role. 
  • Experience supporting program level cost management for medium or large-scale construction projects. 
  • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as value management and value engineering.
  • Strong communication skills.

Additional Information

The salary range for this full-time role is $110K-$135K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package.  Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications. 

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

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 https://www.heery.com/ 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

Salary : $110,000 - $135,000

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