Sr. Cost Engineer, Capital and Construction Business Operations

The SCALE (Strategic Capital Asset Lifecycle and Expansions) organization within Amazon Last Mile is seeking a passionate and motivated Senior Cost Engineer to provide total construction cost engineering and planning for complex and technically challenging buildings including high-rise classification to customer fulfillment and logistics building designs.

The ideal candidate is innovative organized analytical articulate detail-oriented and knowledgeable of the global design and construction industry. This individual must have a bias toward automation including a track record of creating systems benchmarks and metrics to achieve cost certainty. Attention to detail problem solving and continuous improvement are required skills. The role will work with remote and cross-functional teams including business leaders design professionals finance and construction teams.

We are looking for a Program manager with great stakeholder engagement skills to be the liaison between a multitude of stakeholders including Topology Long Range Planning DSP Planning HR Legal Finance local Operations Leaders and other planning teams. This role calls for an individual who can over index on Think Big to ensure there is a strong plan with no gaps as well as Ownership to drive accountability from stakeholders and communication with Sr Leaders. This roles scope necessitates the ability to solve ambiguous issues and provide effective solutions to gaps between teams processes and systems.

Key job responsibilities
Provide and maintain baseline construction cost estimates budgets and financial analysis for improvement of cost forecasting
Analyze cost data historical records and market trends to ensure accurate and competitive estimates
Develop order of magnitude (ROM) cost estimates for program initiation and strategic planning for new and established programs
Create systems tools and templates for multiple types of estimates and project types including risk assessment
Work closely with cross-functional teams including real estate transaction managers and design program managers to align cost objectives and project requirements
Engage in value engineering initiatives to identify cost-saving opportunities
Prepare and present total cost management performance metrics and discussions at various levels
Liaise with and manage third-party architects engineers and cost estimators as required
Validate and normalize historical construction cost data for integration into internal costing databases forecasting and planning
Assist with the coordination of workshops that drive alignment on key issues innovative design and change management


A day in the life
Reviews and validates project cost inputs against historical benchmarks. Tracks Capex projections and flags budget variances at the portfolio level. Updates cost models and estimating tools with incoming bid data. Reconciles actuals against CAR-approved amounts and investigates outliers. Partners with Construction and Finance on monthly cost reports PO tracking and forecast adjustments. Maintains the historical cost database with site-level data. Provides quality-gate reviews on CAR submissions prior to routing. Responds to ad-hoc cost queries from leadership and execution teams.

- 5 years of program or project management experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership

- 3 years of driving process improvements experience
- Knowledge of general AI tools
- Experience designing implementing and scaling upskilling apprenticeship or workforce development programs across large-scale operations or corporate environments including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions
- Experience working cross functionally with non-tech teams
- Bachelors degree
- Experience in stakeholder management dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TN Nashville - 104100.00 - 155400.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually