Drimva

Amazon

Chief Estimator, AMER Estimating and Cost Control

$153K–$254K

Seattle, WA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026

Location
Seattle, WA
Herndon, VA
Experience
3+ years of people management; 8+ years of progressive estimating, cost management, or quantity surveying experience.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering, or a similar technical discipline.

About the job

Leads AWS’s AMER estimating function, managing teams and vendors to deliver construction cost estimates and cost-planning inputs for data center projects.

What you'll do

  • Build, lead, and develop regional and discipline estimating teams, including hiring, performance management, and career development.
  • Own estimating deliverables across project estimates, capital planning, budget assembly, and end-to-end cost planning; manage third-party vendor performance.
  • Improve estimate accuracy through benchmarking against actual costs and communicate cost insights to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering, or a similar technical discipline.
  • 3+ years of people management experience and experience managing third-party vendors.
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in construction cost estimating, cost management, or quantity surveying; experience producing conceptual through detailed estimates for large-scale, complex projects ($500M+).
  • Experience in data center, mission-critical, or equivalent industrial/manufacturing facility construction; proficiency with cost estimating tools and databases.

Nice to have

  • Master's degree in construction management, Engineering, or MBA.
  • Experience with Basis of Design estimating, capital planning, or building estimating programs from the ground up.

Pay

153,200.00 - 254,500.00 USD annually (base salary); 153,200.00 - 254,500.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

RSMeans, CostX, Sage/Timberline, Bluebeam, On-Screen Takeoff

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