Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Cost Estimator, COM

Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Cost Estimator, COM

You’ve Never Been Satisfied with “Good Enough.” You want to make an impact, not just manage projects, but change how the world gets built. At Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects, you’ll do exactly that. You’ll help develop and deliver the factories, grids, transit systems, and public infrastructure that keep communities moving - and do it smarter, safer, and more sustainably than ever before.

You’ll work alongside people who think big and act bold - project managers, engineers, technologists, and strategists who blend real-world experience with digital innovation and AI. Together, we’re transforming how capital projects are planned, managed, and executed, creating a better way to build for the future. Because “good enough” builds the past. You’re here to build what’s next, on a team that outperforms every norm.

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• Plan appropriate means and methods and perform medium complex estimating assignments for capital and professional services projects. Provide support for large or mega complex estimates
• Contribute to the development of estimate plans, budgets, and schedules for major projects
• Independently perform overall schedule and production of the cost estimates
• Develop criteria for the pricing structures and guide to ensure complete and reasonable pricing
• Formulate discipline estimates and cost presentations, comparisons, and reconciliations
• Participate in the preparation of construction cost estimates throughout all phases of the project
• Verify quantity take-offs
• Support the estimating team in maintaining and trending historical cost data
• Prepare estimate documentation
• Analyze cost breakdowns and price schedules submitted by contractors
• Create and implement cost estimation practices, standards, procedures, and tools
• Ensure project estimates and forecasts reflect current and recent market values
• Establish cost estimates to support procurement activities, planning, design and construction, value engineering, lifecycle and risk assessments
• Manage project change control processes
• Provide delay claims, cost estimating, forensic estimating, and change order validation support to projects
• Review and analyze estimates related to changes and value engineering proposals
• Evaluate estimating effectiveness by consulting with clients and project staff
• Complete any tasks assigned by Estimation IV or higher in an efficient and timely manner

Working Conditions

• Office-based

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Project Cost Estimating or related discipline
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Holding recognized P.Eng. licensure or certifications including Certified Engineering Technologist (CET), Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE), and Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS)
• Seasoned experience in AT and Station Box Works (advanced SRS undergrounds) and Surface Segment advanced works.

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
• Expert understanding of general estimating systems (CostX, HCSS, etc.)
• Expert estimating skills and knowledge of the estimating elements such as bidding, budgeting, project life cycle, cash flows, forecasting, cost control baseline, and project versus product cost
• Proficient in general Estimating concepts and practices
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment by ensuring effective teamwork, promotion of innovation, and overall excellence
• Demonstrated functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices
• Expert ability to detect, capitalize, and be sensitive to others' strengths
• Strong supervision, delegation, and…