Cost Estimating Manager Los Angeles, CA

COST ESTIMATING MANAGER
- WORK LOCATION:

LOS ANGELES, CA

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Accounting, Business, Public Administration, or related field.
• Five (5) years of supervisory experience in cost estimating or contract pricing.
• A master's degree in business or public administration is desirable.
• ASPE and/or AACE International certifications are desirable.

• Supervise cost estimators and serve as a technical expert in cost estimating and analysis.
• Coordinate major cost estimating and cost/price analysis activities.
• Confer with Metro management on cost estimating and pricing issues.
• Develop strategies to resolve estimating and pricing problems.
• Negotiate cost estimating and pricing issues.
• Develop and implement cost estimation standards, procedures, and tools to support Metro's capital budget development and design optimization.
• Conduct needs assessments of cost estimating practices.
• Prepare Independent Cost Estimates for services, construction, maintenance, operations, contract changes, and claims.
• Provide estimates for project budgeting, value engineering, real estate decisions, and joint development.
• Support design optimization, constructability reviews, and project feasibility decisions.
• Review and comment on consultant estimates.
• Validate funding requests from government agencies and utilities.
• Support Metro Management Audit Services with technical analyses.
• Conduct market analyses and review cost/bidding trends.
• Continuously improve cost estimating functions with best practices.

• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Other
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting