Construction Cost Engineering Manager , Cost Engineering, Global Procurement Organization

Construction Cost Engineering Manager , Cost Engineering, Amazon Global Procurement Organization

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Amazon builds fast — and behind every new Fulfilment Center, Sortation Center, and Delivery Station is a cost estimate that had to be accurate, defensible, and ready when decisions need to be made. We're looking for a Cost Engineering Manager who will deliver construction cost engineering services to Amazon's North America Design & Construction stakeholders — producing the estimates, cost models, and analytical outputs that inform capital investment decisions across Amazon's NA infrastructure network.

This role is high-impact, high-variety, and technically demanding. You'll deliver a range of estimates, across a diverse portfolio of NA building types and project scopes — from multi-site retrofit programs to one-off capital projects — where site conditions, design parameters, and scope ambiguity make every engagement a unique analytical problem. You'll work from early concept sketches through bid-ready construction documents, applying construction domain expertise to produce cost intelligence that directly shapes business outcomes.

The core deliverable is construction cost estimates. In addition, the role is within Amazon's Global Procurement Organization, Sourcing Excellence pillar, and offers the opportunity to expand into broader cost engineering disciplines such as should‑cost modelling and value engineering. You will also work closely with AI and Market Intelligence Solutions, leveraging AI-powered tools to accelerate analysis and develop next-generation automation.

• Deliver independent, bottom‑up construction cost estimates for NA Design & Construction stakeholders across Amazon's building portfolio — spanning retrofit, expansion, and new‑build scopes across multiple building types and network segments
• Develop cost estimates from early‑stage concept inputs through RFP‑ready construction drawing sets, adapting methodology and analytical depth to available information at each project phase
• Build and maintain programmatic estimating templates for multi‑site programs (such as interior renovations, mechanical system replacements) where scope consistency allows template‑driven efficiency
• Produce one‑off bottom‑up estimates for projects where unique site conditions, non‑standard design, and scope ambiguity demand deep analytical judgment (such as automation retrofits, site hardening, ad‑hoc retrofit requests)
• Generate high‑level ROMs for early‑stage project exploration when data is limited and design direction is still evolving
• Leverage AI‑powered tools as a default part of your workflow — using automation for data gathering, cost benchmarking, and pattern recognition while applying expert judgment on complex, ambiguous scopes
• Contribute to the development of scalable AI solutions by curating project data, validating model outputs, and identifying where automation can absorb routine estimation work
• Collaborate with pre‑construction managers, design engineers, and category managers to gather site‑specific inputs, validate assumptions, and communicate cost risks
• Peer review estimates and cost models produced by teammates to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with current market pricing
• Maintain and update cost data libraries as required with latest market bids, labor rates, and material pricing to keep cost intelligence grounded in reality
• Over time, expand into should‑cost modelling, benchmarking, and value engineering activities on construction projects as part of the broader Cost Engineering services within the Sourcing Excellence pillar

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience as an Architect, Engineer, Construction Manager, Development Manager, Owner's project management representative, or in other commercial development and construction‑related disciplines

• Experience operating within at least two disciplines within the construction industry, such as Contracting, Owners Representation, Architecture, Design and Engineering, Commercial Development,…