Senior Construction Cost Estimator
Crusoe is an AI infrastructure and cloud computing company. It provides GPU cloud capacity, managed AI services, inference, fine-tuning, data centers, and energy infrastructure for AI developers and enterprise customers.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
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About Crusoe, Inc
Crusoe designs, builds, and operates energy-first AI infrastructure, including data centers, GPU cloud computing, and modular AI factories. Crusoe Cloud provides GPU clusters, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, storage, networking, observability, managed inference, serverless fine-tuning, and model deployment through Crusoe Intelligence Foundry. Its customers include AI startups, enterprises, and organizations developing training, inference, analytics, and other compute-intensive workloads.
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About the Role
Drive cost modeling and financial accuracy across capital projects by leading estimating, budgeting, cash flow forecasting, MEP and mission-critical infrastructure estimates, proposal evaluation, cost reporting, and estimating process improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related field.
- 10+ years of estimating and cost management experience supporting data centers, mission-critical facilities, or large-scale high-tech infrastructure projects.
- Expertise in cost modeling, estimating, budgeting, forecasting, benchmarking, and cost management.
- Deep technical knowledge of MEP systems and mission-critical infrastructure.
- Proficiency with CostX, Sage Estimating, Bluebeam, Procore, or similar platforms.
- Experience with procurement, bid evaluations, contractor selection, commercial analysis, and stakeholder decision-making.
- Strong analytical, communication, financial reporting, and presentation skills.
- Background with general contractors, owner’s representative firms, or technology and data center infrastructure.
- AACE, RICS, CMAA, CCP, or equivalent certification is a plus.
- Willingness to travel up to 25%, including internationally.
Responsibilities
- Lead estimating, budgeting, and cash flow forecasting for data center projects.
- Develop CAPEX cost models aligned with design, scope, funding, and business objectives.
- Prepare estimates for MEP systems and mission-critical infrastructure.
- Evaluate contractor and vendor proposals through benchmarking, bid leveling, and commercial analysis.
- Assess cost variances from design changes, procurement risks, escalation, market conditions, and schedule shifts.
- Deliver cost reports, dashboards, executive summaries, business cases, and funding analyses.
- Build and maintain cost benchmarking databases, unit-rate libraries, labor productivity assumptions, escalation models, and market intelligence tools.
- Support feasibility studies, preconstruction planning, value engineering, and cost optimization.
- Establish scalable estimating tools and repeatable processes.
- Maintain WBS structures, cost coding frameworks, and estimate-to-budget mappings.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Employer contributions to HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Paid life insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Professional development
- Tuition reimbursement
- Mental health and wellness support
- Commuter benefits
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
- Volunteer time off