As a Construction Cost Estimator / Document Control Engineer, you’ll join our collaborative team providing our clients with award-winning engineering, construction management, and design-build project delivery. We are looking for a cost estimator with a background in transit, highway, roadway and bridge construction. As a Cost Estimator (onsite), you will have an understanding of principles, theories, concepts, industry practices and standards associated with the management of project costs. You will support the construction management team by:

• Review and understanding of construction plans, specifications and contract documents

• Preparing independent cost estimates for contract and change order work

• Performing quantity takeoffs

• Reviewing Contractor Proposals and claims

• Drafting recommendation letters to the client

• Tracking change orders and project costs.

Responsibilities may also include providing general support to the rest of our project controls team, including assisting with contractor schedule reviews, reporting, and document control.

In this role, you'll communicate with members of the Jacobs team, client, and contractor and work together to mitigate or eliminate project risks. You’ll be accountable for interacting with our construction sites, clients, and management to support the project team. Your keen ability to communicate effectively and maintain organized documentation records will be key to tackling project challenges. You’ll be surrounded by expert mentorship opportunities to help you thrive in your career.

Bring your curiosity, technical skill and desire to grow. Working together, we’ll help you design your career and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future - big and small, global and local.  

• 5 years of cost estimating and project controls experience in highway, roadway, bridge and/or transit projects.

• Experience on Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA), Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, and/or Cook County Department of Transportation & Highways projects

• Proficiency with Microsoft applications, including Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook

• Experience with project management systems including eBuilder

• Experience with HCSS and other bidding software

• Excellent organizational and written and verbal communication skills

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or related discipline

• Engineer in Training-EIT certification, Professional Engineer (PE) license, or Certified Construction Manager (CCM)

• Experience using the IDOT Construction Materials Management System (CMMS)

• Current IDOT Documentation of Contract Quantities certification

• Experience with Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.