Planning Cost Esitmator; Remote

ON-Board Services, Incorporated is a human capital firm specializing in talent acquisition for temporary, contract, long-term, RPO, Employer of Record, and direct placement services for engineering, technical, scientific, administrative, and technical positions.

Position Type: Full Time / Contract

Job Location: Remote / Travel based; open to US-based candidates

Benefits: 401K, Dental insurance, Life Insurance, Medical Insurance, Vision Insurance

Compensation: $50 - $60/hr, depending on experience & qualifications

Our Client is a global professional services firm that provides engineering, design, construction, and consulting solutions across infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, energy, water, and government sectors.

We are seeking an experienced Planning Cost Estimator to serve as a technical subject matter expert supporting facility planning, programming, and capital investment projects throughout the United States. This role will work alongside facility planners, architects, engineers, economists, military planners, and client stakeholders to develop reliable and defensible planning-level cost estimates. The ideal candidate will have experience developing estimates throughout the project lifecycle, from early conceptual planning and programming studies through progressively defined project scopes.

This position requires the ability to develop estimates with limited information using benchmarking, parametric tools, professional judgment, and stakeholder input. The role is expected to require approximately 20-40 hours per week, depending on project demands, with 10-40% travel. Candidates may be located anywhere within the continental United States and will work remotely when not traveling.

• Develop and document AACE Class 4 and Class 5 cost estimates, as well as other order-of-magnitude estimates based on conceptual scopes and limited project information.
• Develop cost estimates for new construction, modernization, renovation, adaptive reuse, and alternative delivery approaches, including modular, tensile, and pre-engineered structures.
• Prepare comparative estimates for multiple development scenarios and project alternatives.
• Evaluate renovation versus replacement, recapitalization, modernization, and new construction alternatives using planning-level cost methodologies.
• Support mission beddown and mission relocation studies.
• Support planning and programming deliverables, including DD Form 1391 documentation, Planning Charrette Reports (PCRs), economic analyses, MILCON estimates, and other federal project documentation.
• Conduct benchmarking and parametric cost analyses to support facility planning and capital investment recommendations.
• Develop estimates using MII and PACES methodologies and databases consistent with Department of Defense and federal planning/programming requirements.
• Develop planning-level quantities, unit costs, allowances, contingencies, and escalation assumptions when project scope is limited or evolving.
• Document estimating assumptions, methodologies, risks, exclusions, escalation considerations, and confidence levels.
• Participate in client workshops, planning charrettes, stakeholder meetings, facility assessments, and project work sessions as the cost estimating subject matter expert.
• Communicate cost information, assumptions, risks, and estimating methodologies effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Review, revise, and refine estimates as additional project information becomes available.
• Travel to military installations, federal facilities, and client locations nationwide in support of planning workshops, assessments, charrettes, and…