Lead Estimator - Airport Cost Planning

Lead Estimator
- Airport Cost Planning Job Snapshot Role:
Lead Estimator
- Airport Cost Planning

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function:
Estimating

Experience:

Minimum 10 years Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview Lead Estimator
- Airport Cost Planning in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Construction opportunity with Parsons Corporation focused on estimating, cost planning, quantity take-offs, rate development, and commercial analysis for major airport and infrastructure projects. The role is hiring an experienced estimator to lead conceptual through definitive estimates covering civil, structural, MEP, utilities, roads, airfield works, aviation systems, and specialist construction packages while providing reliable cost intelligence for project decisions.

Job Details Country:
Saudi Arabia City:
Riyadh Industry: Construction Function:
Estimating Salary:  Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality:
Any Job Type: Full-time

The Lead Estimator will establish reliable cost positions as projects progress from early concepts into detailed design and construction. The role combines technical quantity assessment with market intelligence, construction methodology, supplier and subcontractor pricing, historical benchmarks, and commercial risk analysis. Accurate estimating at this level will help leadership establish realistic budgets, evaluate design alternatives, manage changes, understand major cost drivers, and make informed investment decisions across complex aviation and infrastructure packages.

• Lead preparation of conceptual, preliminary, budgetary, detailed, and definitive construction cost estimates.
• Review project scope, drawings, specifications, BOQs, BIM information, design packages, and technical requirements to establish the estimating basis.
• Develop comprehensive estimates covering labor, materials, plant, equipment, subcontractors, preliminaries, temporary works, logistics, and associated project costs.
• Produce detailed quantity take-offs from drawings, specifications, BIM models, and other available design information.
• Develop cost breakdown structures, unit-rate build-ups, productivity assumptions, estimating databases, and historical cost records.
• Analyze current market pricing, supplier quotations, subcontractor proposals, labor rates, equipment costs, and construction trends.
• Prepare multidisciplinary pricing for civil, structural, infrastructure, MEP, utilities, roads, airfield, and specialist works.
• Examine supplier and subcontractor quotations for scope coverage, exclusions, qualifications, assumptions, and commercial consistency.
• Identify omissions, duplicated scope, inconsistencies, interface gaps, and ambiguities within tender and design documentation.
• Establish clear estimate assumptions, exclusions, qualifications, clarifications, and pricing boundaries.
• Coordinate with engineering disciplines to resolve technical uncertainties and obtain information required for accurate pricing.
• Work alongside Procurement and Commercial teams to validate equipment, materials, supplier, and subcontractor costs.
• Provide cost analysis for value engineering proposals and alternative technical solutions.
• Evaluate the financial impact of design development, scope revisions, construction methodology changes, and project constraints.
• Prepare estimates for variations, change orders, claims, additional works, and emerging scope requirements.
• Review estimates produced by Estimators, Quantity Surveyors, and supporting team members for completeness and accuracy.
• Lead estimate review sessions and maintain consistent pricing methodologies across different disciplines and work packages.
• Establish cost benchmarks for major project elements and compare proposed costs against historical data, market intelligence, and approved budgets.
• Identify significant cost drivers, commercial exposures, estimating uncertainties, risks, and potential savings opportunities.
• Conduct sensitivity analysis to demonstrate how major assumptions or variables could affect overall project cost.
• Support tender pricing, bid evaluations, commercial proposals, and procurement decisions where required.
• Prepare management-level estimate summaries, cost reports, presentations, and recommendations for project leadership.
• Maintain auditable estimating records, calculations, quotations, quantity information, assumptions, and supporting backup.
• Support budget development and cost forecasting throughout design and construction phases.
• Lead estimating for airport terminals, runways, taxiways, aprons, roads, drainage, utilities, and external infrastructure.
• Develop detailed estimates for airfield pavements, earthworks, grading, underground networks, and associated civil construction.
• Coordinate pricing inputs for MEP, ICT, ELV, fire and life safety, airfield ground lighting, and specialist aviation systems.
• Evaluate cost implications…