Estimating Professional; Data Centers

Job Title and Location

Data Center Estimating Professional – United States (any location)

Not applicable

Full-time

$102,900 - $135,075 per year

At Jacobs, we partner across the globe to transform critical challenges into practical solutions. As a Data Center Estimating Professional on our Advanced Manufacturing team, you will play a key leadership role, shaping estimating strategies for data center projects and supporting a portfolio that includes industrial, chemical, pulp & paper, general manufacturing, electric vehicles, and pharmaceutical facilities.

• Lead and serve as a technical expert in estimating, primarily focusing on data centers.
• Develop and execute estimating strategies and plans that align with overall proposal objectives for project requirements.
• Collaborate with project team members to coordinate deliverables, provide guidance on project deliverables, and foster strong working relationships.
• Review and contribute to the interpretation of requests for proposals or project contracts, identify risk areas, and participate in mitigation planning.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced design and estimating personnel.

• Minimum of ten years progressive experience with increasing responsibility in an estimating role for industrial project execution or a project management role executing industrial projects in the field.
• Estimating and construction experience in Mechanical and Electrical disciplines within Data Centers.
• Experience with Cost-OS, Sage Estimating (Timberline), or similar estimating software platforms.
• Demonstrated understanding of estimating organizational structure and process, including quantity takeoff, crew development, productivity relationships, material quotations, contingency/risk, markup structures, and estimate documentation.

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, project management, or a related technical field.
• Professional experience within the markets of EV/Batteries or Specialty Chemicals.
• Proficiency in quantitative risk analysis using software such as @Risk and Monte Carlo.
• Experience with Aspen CCE or other parametric tools.
• Active membership in AACE, PMI, or a similar association.

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you and the things you care about. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, a deferred compensation plan or an Executive Deferral Plan, and an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full‑time salaried/exempt employees.

Additional benefits include seven paid holidays, one floating holiday, and caregiver leave. Certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards such as merit increases, performance discretionary bonuses, and stock.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status
. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment. We value collaboration and believe in-person interactions as crucial for both our culture and client delivery, while offering a hybrid working policy that supports flexibility between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations.

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