Project Controls Estimating Lead

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, b...