Updated August 2, 2026

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Cost Estimation Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ cost estimation jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—full pay and a better work-life balance. 16 new this week. Hiring companies include Parsons Corporation, L3Harris Technologies, and Marathon Petroleum.

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Sr. Estimator

Parsons Corporation

RemoteUSA

70 · Great9 day fortnight$112k – $196k

Senior Space Planning Cost Estimator

Parsons Corporation

HybridAnnapolis Junction, USA

70 · Great9 day fortnight$112k – $196k

Cost Engineer

Parsons Corporation

HybridAtlanta, USA

70 · Great9 day fortnight$104k – $181k

Senior Specialist, Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Analyst)

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteFort Wayne, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Associate, Manufacturing Engineering

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteFort Wayne, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Planner II (Interiors)

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$84k – $149k

Construction Project Estimator

Arizona State University

HybridTempe, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$62k – $65k

Engineering Leader 6

United Launch Alliance

HybridCape Canaveral, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$164k – $305k

Cooling and Ventilation Engineer

CERN

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 9k

Cost Estimator

General Atomics

HybridPalmdale, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Power Electronics Engineer

Helion

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$200k – $240k

Electrical Maintenance Planner

Marathon Petroleum

OnsiteDetroit, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Project Controller

General Dynamics UK

HybridOakdale, UK

60 · Good9 day fortnight£42k – £53k

Systems Engineering Manager

1mo

Cobham Ultra

HybridMaidenhead, UK

69 · Good9 day fortnight

Routine Maintenance Planner/Senior Routine Maintenance Planner - Electrical

Marathon Petroleum

OnsiteRobinson, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Civil Engineer P.E.

1mo

Las Vegas Valley Water District

OnsiteLas Vegas, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$133k

Quantity Surveyor

Parsons Corporation

HybridRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Quantity Surveyor

Parsons Corporation

HybridDoha, Qatar

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Principal Quantity Surveyor

Parsons Corporation

HybridYanbu, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 day fortnight

GMD Ground Systems Principal Systems Engineer

Parsons Corporation

HybridHuntsville, USA

70 · Great9 day fortnight

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Employers hiring for Cost Estimation on this page include Parsons Corporation, L3Harris Technologies, and Marathon Petroleum. Cost Estimation roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Cost Estimation is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Cost Estimation roles span the full seniority range — we list 20 open roles requiring Cost Estimation across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Cost Estimation hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Cost Estimation roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Cost Estimation candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Cost Estimation on current listings.