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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