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Principal Construction Cost Manager, Estimating

Oracle

Location not specified

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Posted November 9, 2026

$102k - $210k

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Source: Oracle Cloud HCM View original listing
Freshness: Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed November 13, 2026
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Job Description

This principal individual contributor role combines hands-on estimating expertise with technical leadership across multidisciplinary estimating workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

This principal individual contributor role combines hands-on estimating expertise with technical leadership across multidisciplinary estimating workstreams. You will coordinate employee and contractor estimators covering civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and associated infrastructure scopes, setting clear deliverable requirements and maintaining a disciplined review process.
You will translate evolving designs, construction requirements, market conditions, and project risks into credible estimates that support capital planning, procurement, and delivery decisions. You will also develop and improve estimating methods, templates, benchmarks, and cost databases, connecting estimates with procurement outcomes and actual project costs.
Estimating leadership will represent the majority of the role’s planned workload. Alongside this focus, you will independently deliver defined project or package cost-management assignments and provide coverage for cost leads when required. These assignments will have clear scope, priorities, and decision rights agreed with the responsible cost-management leader.
The role exercises independent professional judgment on complex cost matters, provides technical direction and mentoring, and influences stakeholders across functions. Financial approvals, contractual commitments, and personnel decisions remain with the appropriate authorized owners.
Success means delivering timely, credible estimates through well-coordinated estimating workstreams; maintaining consistently applied methods and trusted cost intelligence; and providing reliable cost management for assigned projects. The role improves cost predictability, makes risks and assumptions visible, and supports informed decisions while maintaining estimating as its principal focus

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant practical experience.
Eight or more years of progressive experience in construction estimating, cost planning, quantity surveying, or capital-project cost management, including substantial responsibility for estimating.
Experience with data centers, mission-critical facilities, or comparably complex industrial and infrastructure projects.
Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary estimating workstreams and coordinate employee or contractor contributions without relying on formal reporting authority.
Experience producing estimates from early feasibility through detailed design and reconciling estimates with contractor pricing and market evidence.
Demonstrated hands-on capability in budgeting, forecasting, cost reporting, change evaluation, and commercial analysis.
Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, quantities, construction methodologies, schedules, and commercial documents across major construction disciplines.
Experience developing estimating procedures, quality reviews, benchmarks, and cost databases.
Advanced spreadsheet skills and proficiency with estimating, quantity takeoff, and cost-management tools.
Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex cost matters and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.
Experience supporting hyperscale data center campuses or capital programs across multiple markets.
Experience with owner-side cost management, construction consultancy, or contractor preconstruction.
Familiarity with competitive tendering, negotiated procurement, design-build, construction management, and major construction contract pricing arrangements.
Experience integrating cost and schedule information, assessing productivity, and evaluating schedule-related cost exposure.
Familiarity with Oracle Unifier, Primavera P6, EcoSys, Oracle ERP, business intelligence platforms, or comparable systems.
Experience improving cost-data quality, reporting automation, or approved AI-assisted workflows.
Relevant professional credentials, such as AACE Certified Estimating Professional, Certified Cost Professional, MRICS, or PMP.
Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $102,300 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.