Microsoft Regional Estimator 

United States, Washington 

607775896

The Regional Estimator is responsible for the development and maintenance of estimates for all new projects across the Americas. The Regional Estimator will manage all cost estimates, cost data, communications, schedule meetings, and be a point of contact between internal and external parties for specific projects or regions being supported. The Regional Estimator will work closely with engineering, construction, procurement, security, networking, and operations teams throughout each project and ensure that cost information developed and managed meets the requirements of those specific project needs. The Regional Estimator will report directly to the Regional Lead Estimator and will have dotted-line interactions with Regional Project Estimators & Cost Managers to continue implementing lessons learned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years of experience in construction estimating on major construction portfolios
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in the full Construction Life Cycle
• Experience performing all forms and types of estimates, including parametric, bottoms up, and high level what-if scenarios.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and reporting out on project scope, schedule, and budget with cost as the main driver in those conversations.

Other Requirements

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Data Center construction programs
• Deep commercial knowledge of construction internationally.
• Ability to present data from detailed to high-level, depending on audience. High personal standard to deliver a thoughtful, polished, and quality work estimate or any other report-out deliverable.
• Cross-group collaborator and influencer to deliver on key projects and the ability to build the trust of our construction partners.
• Analytical, problem-solving skills beyond estimating practice.

• Estimate the cost of our datacenter projects to support the short- and long-term plans for the corporation.
• Partner collaboratively with cross-functional teams (design engineering, construction, cost controls functions, scheduling, finance, etc.) to understand requirements and ensure alignment to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Develop and maintain estimating databases and templates specific to the role.
• Report out to senior managers on estimate data, project cost progress, and assumptions to ensure a clear and concise message is sent and understood.
• Perform different types of estimates and projects, while keeping delivery dates as a top priority.
• Support, develop and improve estimating processes and procedures.
• Drive standardization and consistency throughout the group.
• Management of all commercial issues on all current, future, and past projects and report on these issues through the Global Project Controls (GPC) & Datacenter Construction Development (DCD) head office in Redmond on a regular basis.
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