New Grad Estimator I - Summer 2027

HNTBHNTBIndianapolis, Indiana, United States | Westfield, Indiana, United States
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9/13/2026

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Full time

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Core responsibilities

The estimator will perform routine estimating assignments, including quantity takeoffs and cost projections for labor, equipment, and materials. They will also support the development of cost models, change management, and price negotiations under the guidance of senior staff.

Requirements overview

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field. Alternatively, four years of relevant experience in cost estimation is accepted in lieu of a degree.

Key skills

EstimatingQuantity TakeoffsCost AnalysisConstruction ManagementDesign DrawingsSpecifications ReadingCost ModelingChange ManagementClaims AnalysisPrice NegotiationsEconomic Cost StudiesCash Flow AnalysisContingency AnalysisEstimating Software

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Education requirements

bachelor degree

About HNTB

Industry

Civil Engineering

Employees

7,846

Type

Privately Held

Size

5,001-10,000 employees

For over a century, HNTB has shaped the built environment with distinctive expertise across a full spectrum of infrastructure solutions. From iconic architecture and complex bridges to efficient highways and digital infrastructure solutions, our collaborative approach and commitment to technical excellence drive us to build a better future for our clients, communities and ourselves It’s in the way we do what we do at HNTB that sets us apart. Our people — proud employee-owners with distinct experience, expertise and perspectives — are bound together by a common vision that uniquely shapes our work and firm. This ownership fosters an unmatched culture of respect and continuous improvement, a hallmark of our enduring success.

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ConstructionEngineeringManagement & Leadership

Description

What We're Looking For At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This opportunity entails being under close supervision, performing routine estimating assignments requiring knowledge of basic estimating principles. Accurately projecting the cost of upcoming projects. Responsible for conceptual, definitive, man-hour, and equipment factored total installed cost estimates. Duties may also include preparing economic cost studies, cash flows, and contingency analyses. What You’ll Do: Analyzes bid and design documents to perform quantity takeoffs to support labor, equipment, and material cost development. Estimates labor, material and equipment costs of construction based on design drawings and specifications. Collects construction cost data from functional representatives, subcontractors, and vendors. Gathers and utilizes industry data/publications for estimating purposes. Uses estimating software to support the development of cost estimates with guidance from lead/senior estimators. Creates cost models for cost estimating elements. Supports the preparation of independent cost estimates as part of change management, claims analysis, and price negotiations. What You’ll Need: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or related field, or In lieu of education, 4 years relevant experience with the development of cost estimates What We Prefer: College coursework or equivalent technical coursework in design drawings and specifications reading, quantity take offs and cost estimating fundamentals Additional Information Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. #MZ #ConstructionManagement, #ProjectControls . Locations: Indianapolis, IN, Westfield, IN (Carmel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES: HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Requirements

  • Estimating
  • Quantity Takeoffs
  • Cost Analysis
  • Construction Management
  • Design Drawings
  • Specifications Reading
  • Cost Modeling
  • Change Management
  • Claims Analysis
  • Price Negotiations
  • Economic Cost Studies
  • Cash Flow Analysis
  • Contingency Analysis
  • Estimating Software

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