Capital Cost Estimator - Civil, Structural, Architectural (CSA)

About This Role

The Capital Cost Estimator - Civil, Structural, Architectural (CSA) develops owner-side estimates for civil, structural, architectural, and related construction scopes that support complex pharmaceutical manufacturing and infrastructure projects. This role is ideal for someone driven by purpose and ready to contribute to work that truly matters for patients.

Responsibilities

• Develop capital cost estimates from Class 5 through Class 1 using various methods appropriate to project definition maturity.
• Prepare estimate plans, workbooks, quantity takeoffs, pricing build-ups, bases of estimate, assumptions, exclusions, qualifications, and supporting documentation for assigned scopes.
• Interpret business requirements, basis-of-design information, drawings, specifications, equipment lists, process flow diagrams, P&IDs, layouts, schedules, contracting strategies, and construction execution plans to define estimate scope and cost.
• Build inputs for labor, material, equipment, subcontract, construction management, temporary facilities, logistics, indirect costs, escalation, and contingency appropriate to the assigned discipline and estimate class.
• Obtain and normalize vendor budget quotes, contractor pricing, market rates, productivity factors, location factors, escalation inputs, and historical cost data.
• Identify scope gaps, overlaps, ambiguities, estimate risks, cost drivers, and missing inputs; document their treatment in the estimate and Basis of Estimate.
• Perform cost benchmarking using historical project data, comparable facilities, market intelligence, and normalized unit-cost metrics to validate estimate reasonableness, identify cost drivers, and explain variances.
• Develop and maintain internal benchmarking databases using actual costs from completed and active projects, and maintain current insights into relevant external benchmarks.
• Complete estimate reconciliation, variance analysis, and estimate-to-estimate bridging as scope and design mature.
• Support multidisciplinary estimate reviews and page-turns with project teams, engineering partners, construction partners, procurement, and project controls.
• Prepare estimate summaries and clear cost narratives for project reviews, funding decisions, value engineering, option analysis, bid evaluation, and change assessment.
• Maintain estimates in Oracle Unifier PMIS to provide a complete and auditable estimate trail.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, quantity surveying, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of direct capital cost estimating experience for industrial, manufacturing, life sciences, or similarly complex capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience in developing estimates across multiple levels of project definition, including conceptual and detailed estimates.
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on complex and impactful projects in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Collaborative work environment with multidisciplinary teams.

Important Details

• Application deadline: Not specified.

Application Process

• Submit your application through the designated platform.

About the Company

Lilly is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, and employs over 50,000 people globally, focusing on discovering and delivering life-changing medicines and supporting the communities it serves.