Industrial Construction Estimator

Your Job

Koch Specialty Plant Services (KSPS), a Koch Engineered Solutions Company, is seeking an Estimator to join the team.

The ideal candidate will be adept at developing accurate, detailed estimates across a range of industrial construction disciplines, including vessels, towers, drums, and other related equipment.

This individual will demonstrate a strong command of project scope, milestones, logic ties, and critical paths, ensuring all schedule activities are complete, precise, logically sequenced, and properly timed.

We're looking for someone who brings both technical expertise and a meticulous approach to planning and execution and is comfortable building relationships with customers.

This role will sit in either our Houston, TX or Baton Rouge, Louisiana offices.

This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

Our Team

Koch Specialty Plant Services (KSPS) is a global leader in critical field and construction services for heavy industrial sectors including refining, petrochemical, midstream and power facilities.

Our expertise is mass transfer and combustion equipment installation, revamps and replacements, specialty welding and piping, and field construction and technical services.

KSPS executes on projects from a critical-path turnaround, navigating unplanned outages, or driving major capital expansions to success.

What You Will Do


* Site job walks to scope project, understand requirements, identify constraints, etc


* Collaborate with sales team to build schedules and estimates for customer bids


* Collaborate with KSPS project management, engineering, and operations to support project planning (post-award) and resource-loading schedules


* Communicate and partner with the customers as needed


* Accurately estimate costs for subcontracted scope items.


* Obtain subcontract bids for estimate & schedule incorporation as needed.


* Scope projects based on site conditions and other factors.


* Access high heights to include tasks of climbing ladders and scaffolds to assess work scope


* Travel up to 25% based on business need

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Experience in mechanical work in heavy industry


* Experience reading and interpreting drawing details.


* Experience developing scope of work and schedules


* Ability to travel 25%


* Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship now or in the future

Physical Qualifications:


* Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing and Pulmonary Function Testing are required prior to employment

What Will Put You Ahead


* Technical school training, apprenticeship program, or college degree


* Experience in P6 or Microsoft Project


* Experience in using estimating software (InEight)


* Knowledge of Mass Transfer Equipment, fired equipment (boilers, burners, flares, VCU)

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