Senior Construction Cost Estimator
2w ago
USASeniorcost estimationfinancial modeling
Senior Construction Cost Estimator responsible for cost modeling and financial accuracy for capital projects.
Responsibilities
- As part of our continued expansion, we’re hiring a Senior Construction Cost Estimator to drive cost modeling and financial accuracy across our capital projects. This role plays a critical function in delivering predictable outcomes by pairing detailed cost estimation with proactive cash flow forecasting to support Crusoe’s global growth.
Conditions
- Competitive compensation
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off & paid holidays
- Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
- Employer contributions to HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Professional development & tuition reimbursement
- Mental health & wellness support
- Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
- Volunteer time off
- Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $165,000-$210,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
- Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.
Other
- Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence . As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.
- We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.
- We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.
- If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.
- • Lead end-to-end estimating, budgeting, and cash flow forecasting for data center projects from early planning through construction execution.
- • Develop CAPEX cost models aligned with design progression, scope evolution, funding strategies, and business objectives while collaborating with design, procurement, finance, real estate, and delivery teams.
- • Prepare detailed estimates for MEP systems and mission-critical infrastructure across domestic and international projects, validating quantities, unit rates, and pricing assumptions.
- • Evaluate contractor and vendor proposals through benchmarking, bid leveling, commercial analysis, and award recommendations, while assessing cost variances from design changes, procurement risks, escalation, market conditions, and schedule shifts.
- • Deliver cost reports, dashboards, executive summaries, business cases, and funding analyses to support project teams and executive leadership.
- • Build and maintain cost benchmarking databases, unit-rate libraries, labor productivity assumptions, escalation models, and market intelligence tools to improve estimate accuracy and decision-making.
- • Support site feasibility studies, preconstruction planning, value engineering, cost optimization initiatives, and continuous improvement of estimating processes and tools.
- • Establish scalable tools and repeatable processes to support Crusoe’s infrastructure pipeline.
- • Maintain WBS structures, cost coding frameworks, and estimate-to-budget mappings to ensure alignment across estimating, procurement, project controls, and financial reporting.
- • Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related field.
- • 10+ years of estimating and cost management experience supporting data centers, mission-critical facilities, or large-scale high-tech infrastructure projects strongly preferred.
- • Strong expertise in cost modeling, estimating, budgeting, forecasting, benchmarking, and cost management throughout the project lifecycle.
- • Deep technical knowledge of MEP systems and mission-critical infrastructure.
- • Proficiency with CostX, Sage Estimating, Bluebeam, Procore, or similar estimating and cost management platforms.
- • Experience supporting procurement activities, bid evaluations, contractor selection, commercial analysis, and stakeholder decision-making.
- • Strong analytical, communication, financial reporting, and presentation skills with experience engaging both technical and executive stakeholders.
- • Background with general contractors, owner’s rep firms, or tech/data center infrastructure & familiarity with the full construction lifecycle including preconstruction, procurement, and delivery.
- • Professional certifications such as AACE, RICS, CMAA, CCP, or equivalent are a plus, with willingness to travel up to 25%, including international travel.