Glencore is one of the world’s largest diversified natural resource companies and a leading producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that make everyday life possible. Through a network of assets, customers, and suppliers spanning the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market, and distribute the raw materials that enable decarbonization while meeting today’s energy needs. With around 140,000 employees and contractors and a strong presence in more than 35 countries—across both established and emerging resource regions—our industrial and marketing activities are supported by a global network of more than 40 offices.

Estimating Manager

Glencore Copper | Projects Division

Position Summary
Division: Glencore Copper – Projects
Reports to: Manager Project Controls and Reporting
Location: Santiago, Chile

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline
• 15+ years’ experience in cost estimation within large-scale mining, industrial, or infrastructure projects
• Experience working for owner’s teams and/or EPC/EPCM organisations

Main Objective of the Job

The Estimating Manager is accountable for the development, governance, and delivery of high-quality capital cost estimates across the LATAM Major Projects portfolio. The role ensures estimates are aligned with project maturity, execution strategy, and investment decision requirements.

The role provides leadership, technical authority, and independent challenge over estimating practices from early concept studies through to execution-ready budgets.

Key Accountabilities

1. Lead the preparation, review, and validation of capital cost estimates across all project stages.
2. Establish and maintain estimating standards, methodologies, and tools, incorporating benchmarking and lessons learned.
3. Provide estimating leadership and guidance to project teams, contractors, and consultants.
4. Ensure estimates appropriately reflect scope definition, execution strategy, market conditions, risk, and contingency.
5. Support investment decision-making through estimate reviews, scenario analysis, and sensitivity assessments.
6. Participate in independent reviews and post-investment evaluations, analysing cost outcomes and variances.
7. Maintain estimating databases, cost breakdown structures (CBS), and estimate documentation.
8. Promote continuous improvement, capability development, and consistency across estimating activities.

Experience / Skills

• Deep expertise in estimating methodologies and estimate classification
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Experience with estimating and project systems (e.g. Primavera, Ecosys, Prism, CCS, BIM tools)
• Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership skills
• English required; advance Spanish required

Job Relationships and Structure
Reports to: Manager Project Controls and Reporting
Direct Reports: Estimators
Key Relationships: Project Managers, Construction, Engineering, Operations

At Glencore Copper SAOP, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that enables the active and full participation of everyone in our organization, in line with fair employment practices.

• In Chile, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 21.015.
• In Peru, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 29.973.
• In Argentina, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 22.431.