Construction Cost Estimating Specialists – 100% REMOTE

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Job Description

AECOM is looking to fill multiple Construction Cost Estimating Specialists positions to support a contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) Program supporting FEMA’s four Consolidated Resource Centers (CRC).

This work is 100% remote and is based on the contingencies listed in the minimum requirements and additional information below.

Project Overview:  FEMA’s PA Program provides supplemental funding to state and local governments and eligible private nonprofits, Indian tribal governments, and Alaska Native villages for disaster-related debris removal, emergency protective measures, and restoration of damaged infrastructure. 

AECOM will support these efforts by providing FEMA a wide range of technical and program management services to support four CRCs processing grant applications and validating/preparing damage description and dimensions, scopes of work, and cost estimates and conducting compliance reviews across multiple disasters.

Position Description: 

• The Cost Estimating Specialist validates Public Assistance (PA) grant applications for disaster recovery projects in the standard lane within FEMA’s PA delivery model.
• The Cost Estimating Specialist uses information provided by multiple stakeholders to develop the grant application (project). 
• The Cost Estimating Specialist develops the scope of work and cost estimate. 
• The Cost Estimating Specialist will prepare a Request for Information (RFI) when additional information is required to complete the project.  
• The Cost Estimating Specialist must attend daily stand-up meetings and complete required daily, weekly, and monthly reports.

When preparing the cost estimate, the Cost Estimating Specialist will:

• Develop disaster-specific cost data when applicable
• Use the best available estimating tools (Xactimate, RSMeans, etc.)
• Use the Cost Estimating Format (CEF) for large projects, in accordance with the Public Assistance CEF for Large Projects Instructional Guide, Version 2.1
• The Costing Specialist(s) will use FEMA’s Grants Manager (GM) system.  FEMA’s Grants Manager system is used to assign and track actions throughout PA project development, and to collect all PA project-related information and documents, including correspondence.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• BA/BS + None or AA/AS + 2 years relevant technical knowledge base and experience in standard concepts, principles and techniques of cost estimating. General knowledge in the design and/or construction of public infrastructure or HS/GED + 4 years relevant technical knowledge base and experience in standard concepts, principles and techniques of cost estimating. General knowledge in the design and/or construction of public infrastructure or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education. 
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• Must provide completion certificates including your first and last name for the following free and publicly available courses.
  • Security/Privacy Courses (must have 2024 completion dates)
    • Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified or Unclassified Information (https://securityawareness.usalearning.gov/disclosure/index.html)
    • OPSEC Training (https://securityawareness.usalearning.gov/opsec/index.htm)
    • Insider Threat Training (

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