Our Rapid and Rural Logistics (R2L) team 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.

At Amazon, we are diverse, driven, and creative team of design professionals, managers and leaders working daily to design facilities that are changing the world of customer fulfillment and logistics.

The role will be based in Nashville (TN), optional locations are Bellevue (WA), or New York City (NY), and will include occasional travel.


Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
- 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