Project Controls Estimating Lead

Flint Hills; Rosemount (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Job summary

Flint Hills Resources in Rosemount, Minnesota, is seeking a Project Controls Estimating Lead to guide a high-performing team and strengthen cross-functional partnerships across project services. You will advance estimating capability, support credible project decisions, and improve predictability and competitiveness on capital projects and turnarounds.

The role emphasizes leadership, resource alignment, and driving transformative practices across people, processes, systems, and analytics to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree OR five or more years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing people.
• Ability to build trusted relationships, align functions, and influence decisions.
• Experience in estimating, project controls, cost engineering, construction or project management.
• Track record of improving processes, adopting new tools or analytics, and cross-group alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing estimating team with clear expectations and feedback.
• Align work with strengths and manage resources to match priorities and capability needs.
• Build trusted relationships across functions, align priorities, and influence decisions.
• Develop competitive project estimates and communicate risks and assumptions clearly.
• Drive capability forward through vision, processes, systems, and analytics enhancements.

Job description

Your Job

Flint Hills Resources is seeking a Project Controls Estimating Lead to join our team at the Pine Bend facility in Rosemount, Minnesota. This role requires equal strength in leading and developing a high-performing team and building the trusted peer relationships that make cross-functional project work succeed. You will help advance estimating capability, strengthen project decisions, and improve project predictability and competitiveness.

Our Team

The Estimating Capability is part of Project Services and supports capital projects and turnarounds across Flint Hills Resources, including Pipelines and Terminals. We partner closely with project management, engineering, construction, cost engineering, scheduling, procurement, and business leaders to develop credible estimates and support informed investment decisions.

What You Will Do

Lead and Develop Team

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing estimating team by setting clear expectations, providing timely feedback, applying Principle-Based Management and Project Behaviors, and helping employees maximize their contributions.
• Align work with individual strengths and actively manage resources to match business priorities and capability needs.

Build Trusted Partnerships

• Build trusted relationships across functions and sites, align competing priorities, remove barriers, and influence decisions with clear business judgment.
• Partner with other Project Capability Leaders to align expectations and work processes, share learning, and strengthen estimating capability across FHR.

Deliver Quality and Competitiveness

• Lead the development of competitive project estimates, providing appropriate oversight and partnering across capabilities to clearly communicate the risks and assumptions that affect estimate quality and project competitiveness.
• Strengthen estimating quality through consistent work processes, benchmarking, reconciliation, risk and contingency analysis, and project assurance, giving teams clear line of sight to competitiveness and key business risks.

Drive the Capability Forward

• Set a clear vision for the estimating team, manage capability and resource needs, and continuously challenge how estimating work gets done.
• Drive transformation across people, processes, systems, tools, and analytics to improve quality, speed, transparency, and competitiveness.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree OR five (5) years or more of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing people.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships, create alignment across functions, and influence decisions with peers, customers, and leaders.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in estimating, project controls, cost engineering, construction, project management, or a similar project environment.
• Experience with estimating practices such as basis-of-estimate development, benchmarking, reconciliation, risk and contingency analysis, or project assurance.
• A track record of improving processes, adopting new tools or analytics, and building alignment across groups with competing priorities.

This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000 - $190,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Flint Hills Resources is an industry‑leading refining company making the oil and transportation products that keep the world moving. We make a large supply of fuel for gas stations and airports in addition to transporting crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products through 4,000+ miles of pipeline - delivering energy to farmers, manufacturers and families. Our team champions innovation and excellence to help power modern life.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).