What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Specialist - Estimator position at Estimator - Energy Transfer Family of Partnerships Careers?
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Job Summary:
The Sr. Specialist - Estimator independently develops accurate project scopes for crude oil gathering projects. Responsibilities include interpreting drawings for existing station scope, validating constructability, identifying risks and scope gaps, and coordinating with internal teams to ensure accurate pricing and execution alignment. The Sr. Specialist - Estimator manages multiple project scopes, maintains disciplined estimating practices, updates cost data, and supports handoff to project teams. The core objective is to deliver accurate estimates, reduce project risk, and help the company secure profitable, buildable work.
Primary Job Function:
Develop complete and accurate project estimates from conceptual scopes.
Analyze conceptual scopes and drawings (if applicable) for potential scope gaps and constructability.
Prepare labor build-ups using production rates, craft hours, crew compositions, and historical data.
Identify risks, assumptions, exclusions, and prepare proposal clarifications.
Coordinate with project managers, engineering, and field teams to validate installation methods and labor assumptions.
Support added value engineering and alternative construction approaches.
Prepare estimate summaries, cost breakdowns, and pricing sheets for internal review.
Maintain cost data, unit rates, and historical production information.
Provide complete estimate logic, quantities, and assumptions during project handoff.
Manage multiple scopes and communicate status updates to leadership.
Ensure estimate files, calculations, and supporting documents are organized and traceable.
Thrive in a fast moving and competitive environment.
Required Skills:
Experience developing conceptual and budgetary estimates with limited information.
Experience in Oil, Gas & Midstream industrial estimating and project management.
Strong understanding of piping materials, pressure classes, fittings, and fabrication practices.
Ability to develop detailed labor estimates using crew makeup and production rates.
Skilled in reading P&IDs, isometrics, mechanical drawings, and scope documents.
Experience with unit-rate, resource-based, and detailed line-item estimates.
Proficiency in software (Navisworks, Bluebeam or similar).
Advanced Excel skills (formulas, lookups, pivot tables, cost modeling).
Knowledge of construction means and methods, including rigging, equipment installation, hydrotesting, and commissioning.
Familiarity with ASME, API, and construction specifications.
Ability to identify constructability challenges and productivity impacts.
Understanding indirect costs, equipment rates, consumables, and labor burdens.
Ability to support schedule alignment and communicate installation durations.
Ability to apply lessons learned, historical costs, and field production data.
Field Experience (mechanical/piping/welding experience).
Requirements:
Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below:
Experience:
5 years estimating experience in the Midstream Oil & Gas industry.
Proven experience estimating pipelines, facilities, and terminals.
Education/Training:
Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, or related field preferred.
Equivalent field experience or 5-7 years in a similar estimating role accepted.
Competencies:
Technical Mastery: Strong understanding of estimating methods and tools.
Collaboration: Works effectively with others
Communication: Able to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Analytical Judgment: Identifies cost drivers, risks, and productivity impacts.
Physical Demands:
Regularly required to sit, talk, and hear.
Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
Occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, or crawl.
Occasionally lift up to 10 lbs.
Requires standard vision abilities for detailed work.
Other Criteria:
Travel required (regional), <10%
Compliance with all company policies, including Drug & Alcohol policy.
Ability to work safely and collaboratively.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Required experience is commensurate with the selected job level:
- The Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 2-5 years of relevant job related experience
- The Senior Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 5-8 years of relevant job related experience
- The Lead Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 8 years of relevant job related experience
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- Usually, normal office working conditions.
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time due to prolonged periods of sitting or standing.
- Occasional overnight travel may be required.
- Occasional visits to industrial/manufacturing settings, which may include exposure to various materials and chemicals, as well as extreme temperature conditions and loud machinery, and require appropriate personal protective equipment.