Regional Cost Manager

At O’Connor Construction Management, Inc., our core values—One Team, Curiosity, Meaningful Service, and Integrity—drive everything we do. Founded in 1982 and still privately owned, we've become one of the nation's fastest-growing construction management consultancies. Serving markets across Federal, Education, Hospitality, Healthcare, Technology, and Commercial, we offer comprehensive services including Cost Management, Project Management, Scheduling, and Project Controls. Most importantly, our teams are passionate about supporting each other and making a difference in the communities we serve.

We're thrilled to welcome a Regional Cost Manager to our team at our Dallas, TX office! This flexible, hybrid schedule role offers you the opportunity to be a key member of our Dallas team, where you’ll coordinate estimating resources and oversee regional workloads, ensuring projects run smoothly and effectively. This role offers the chance to combine your technical expertise, leadership skills, and passion for client success while contributing to exciting new business opportunities and shaping our company’s future.

If this sounds like a blast and you're a match, apply now! It only takes 60 seconds to apply and a Recruiter will respond to your resume within 5 business days.

Regional Cost Manager Responsibilities Include

• Supervise, mentor and develop estimators in the region
• Maintain high-quality estimating services and client satisfaction.
• Foster relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Create cost estimates, studies, analyses, and evaluations, at all levels of project development, independently or as part of an external or internal team.
• Oversees the scheduling and coordination of regional estimating workload and team management tasks, including quality control, proposal fees, and task coordination.
• Ensures timely and accurate work products & deliverables to clients in accordance with QA/QC procedures.
• Conducts a detailed review of all documentation and develops comprehensive cost estimates/models that communicate client’s project and strategic goals.
• Collaborate with clients to provide customized cost estimating solutions
• Regularly reviews and communicates to management estimating resource levels and forecast changes in need of staff based upon future forecasted workload.
• Provide timely and accurate updates on project progress, milestones, and any changes in status.
• Organize and participate in routine meetings to discuss project developments, address concerns, and align on objectives.
• Supports business development efforts by developing, promoting, and maintaining client relationships through the creation of cost exhibits for proposals, meetings, presentations, etc.
  
  

Desired Experience Includes

• Minimum of 5 years cost estimating and management experience for construction/engineering projects. Prior cost consultant experience required.
• Expertise in preparing detailed and accurate cost estimates for various vertical construction/engineering projects, to include, but not limited to ROM estimating, conceptual estimating, take-offs, change order review/reconciliation, value engineering solutions, and benchmarking.
• Expertise in managing the full lifecycle of cost estimating, from initial proposal to final cost reporting.
• Ability to understand and accurately interpret construction documents at all levels of design.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Proficiency in cost estimating software (e.g., On Screen Takeoff (OST), Destini, or similar) and MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, or a related field preferred.
  
  

Benefits Include

• Hybrid or remote flexibility depending on position.
• Company-sponsored Medical/Dental/Vision and Life Insurance
• 401K Program with a Company Match
• Paid Holidays / Sick Leave / Vacation Accrual
• Company Team Building, Employee Events, and a fun, people first environment
  
  

O’Connor Construction Management, Inc. (OCMI) is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. OCMI does not discriminate based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.