Project Estimator - LNG

Why Black & Veatch

Join the Black & Veatch Construction team and build with pride . As a 100% employee‑owned company, every role matters — you own your work, your impact, and your future. We lead with care , and safety is non‑negotiable and embedded into every role, site and decision , ensuring our teams return home safe, every day.

From field engineering to project management to quality and startup, you’ll work with cutting‑edge technology, learn from seasoned experts, and grow through real‑world, hands‑on experience. With a strong backlog across power, water, grid, and industrial markets, you’ll have the stability to grow and the opportunity to shape what comes next.

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The Opportunity

As a Project Estimator, you will support the preparation and review of lump-sum, unit-rate, and cost-plus estimates for a diverse client base. Projects span the full Process and Oil & Gas spectrum, with a focus on LNG, and include both onshore and offshore installations.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for conceptual estimating, cost analysis and estimate coordination and consolidation

• Reviews the design scope and develops quantities

• Prepares direct labor estimates, distributable or contractors indirect cost estimates

• Assists the Lead Estimator with an independent assessment of an estimate's accuracy (upon completion of the estimate and summarization of all detailed man-hours, material, construction and home office costs)

• Performs productivity analysis of estimates

• Prepares contingency, escalation and reconciliations for estimates

• Performs comparisons of scope, quantities and cost data between projects

• Prepare management presentations and develop the estimate basis

• Updates and maintain historical cost data

• Reviews designs and specifications for cost effectiveness and suggests alternatives where appropriate

• Supports continuous improvement efforts and the change management effects associated with the implementation of improvements

Minimum Qualifications

· 8 plus years of relevant experience is required

· Field and/or project experience

· All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

· BS or MS graduate in Construction Management or related field is preferred, but not required

· Complex estimating principles/procedures

· Cost principles/procedures

· Mathematical skills

· Project design scopes

· Consulting skills

· Analytical skills

· Interpret and understand:

· specifications and contracts

· typical construction drawings

· Microsoft Office 365

· Microsoft CoPilot 365

· Good verbal and written communication skills

· Good presentation and interpersonal communication skills

· Presentation skills

· InEight

· Aspen Capital Cost Estimator

Work Environment/Physical Demands

· Typical office environment.

· Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.

· This position will require an average of 0-5% travel.