The posting
#WeAreONEOK – Fortune 500 company. 100+ years in business. Leading midstream service provider. Safety first. Sustainable operations. Environmentally responsible. Employee focused.
JOB SUMMARY
Your ideas have a place here—step into a role where your work directly drives solutions in a fast-evolving energy industry. At ONEOK, you’ll contribute to delivering energy products and services that power progress while gaining hands-on project estimator experience while supporting the business. We’re looking for candidates based in the Dallas, TX or Tulsa, OK areas, or willing to relocate.
Responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing estimates, cost models, and scope-based forecasting tools that support business process, service quality, and continuous improvement initiatives across the oil and gas value chain. This role owns moderately complex estimating activities from initial concept through execution support, translating business, operational, and project requirements into accurate, scalable estimating solutions that improve planning quality, cost visibility, and decision-making.
Partners with Operations, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, Finance, and other stakeholders to define estimating assumptions, evaluate alternatives, and deliver fit-for-purpose cost and resource estimates aligned with safety, regulatory, operational, and service expectations. Applies estimating discipline, process knowledge, and data-driven insights to strengthen project controls, improve estimate quality, and support consistent execution across assets, facilities, and business initiatives.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Estimating Strategy & Estimate Development
- Develop and prepare moderately complex project estimates, cost models, and resource forecasts for business process, service quality, operational improvement, and related project initiatives.
- Define estimate bases, assumptions, exclusions, and estimating methodologies appropriate to scope, maturity, and project complexity.
- Translate technical, operational, and business requirements into structured estimates that support planning, prioritization, and execution decision-making.
- Evaluate estimate quality and recommend adjustments based on scope changes, market inputs, historical performance, and execution risks.
- Support development of estimate packages and documentation that can be consistently applied across projects and initiatives.
- Project Controls, Cost Analysis & Forecasting
- Analyze labor, materials, equipment, contractor, and indirect cost inputs to develop accurate and supportable cost projections.
- Monitor estimate-to-actual performance and identify trends, variances, and opportunities to improve forecasting accuracy.
- Maintain cost benchmarks, historical databases, unit rates, and estimating reference information to strengthen future estimating efforts.
- Support scenario analysis, what-if modeling, and alternative evaluations to inform project and business decisions.
- Collaborate with project controls and finance partners to align estimates with budgets, forecasts, and reporting requirements.
- Business Process & Service Quality Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve estimating processes, templates, workflows, and data quality to increase consistency, efficiency, and usability.
- Standardize estimating practices and documentation to support repeatable execution and stronger quality control across the organization.
- Contribute to continuous improvement efforts that enhance planning quality, resource visibility, and service reliability.
- Support implementation of process changes, system enhancements, or digital tools that improve estimating capability and reporting quality.
- Promote disciplined estimating practices that align with operational needs and quality expectations in an oil and gas environment.
- Stakeholder Collaboration & Cross-Functional Support
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, Finance, and other stakeholders to gather scope information and validate estimate inputs.
- Facilitate alignment on assumptions, risks, schedule drivers, and resource needs to ensure estimates reflect business and operational realities.
- Communicate estimate development approach, key drivers, risks, and recommended actions to stakeholders and leadership.
- Serve as a knowledgeable resource for estimating methodologies, cost modeling, and estimate quality practices.
- Support cross-functional planning and prioritization by providing clear, timely, and decision-ready estimating information.
- Risk, Governance & Documentation
- Identify estimate risks, uncertainties, and key cost drivers and incorporate them into estimating assumptions and documentation.
- Maintain clear records of estimate methodologies, revisions, approvals, and supporting data to improve auditability and traceability.
- Ensure estimating outputs align with internal controls, project governance expectations, and applicable company standards.
- Support reviews of estimate quality, process compliance, and documentation completeness.
- Contribute to building scalable estimating practices that reduce rework and support consistent decision-making.
- Analytics, Reporting & Decision Support
- Prepare estimate summaries, dashboards, and reporting materials that support business planning and project reviews.
- Analyze estimating data to identify patterns, lessons learned, and opportunities to improve quality and predictability.
- Provide insights that help stakeholders evaluate project alternatives, prioritize investments, and manage execution risk.
- Support leadership decision-making through clear analysis of estimate changes, assumptions, and cost impacts.
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Business, Project Controls, or related field typically required.
Work Experience
- 6+ years of related experience in project estimating, project controls, cost analysis, planning, or similar work typically required
- Experience supporting capital, operational, process improvement, or service-related initiatives preferred.
- Experience in oil and gas, energy, industrial, manufacturing, or other asset-intensive environments preferred.
- Experience developing moderately complex estimates and working with cross-functional project stakeholders is a plus
- Experience with estimating systems, spreadsheets, databases, and reporting tools preferred
- Equivalent industry experience may be considered
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Skills in: Knowledge of: Project estimating principles, cost modeling techniques, and project controls practices
- Knowledge of: Budgeting, forecasting, and cost reporting processes
- Knowledge of: Business process improvement and quality-oriented work practices
- Understanding of oil and gas operations, facilities, project environments, and cost drivers preferred
- Familiarity with estimate classification, scope development, and change impact evaluation preferred
- Skills in: Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to interpret complex cost and scope information
- Skills in: Strong attention to detail and ability to build accurate, well-supported estimates
- Skills in: Effective communication and collaboration skills across technical, operational, and business stakeholders
- Skills in: Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple estimates, priorities, and deadlines
- Skills in: Proficiency in spreadsheets, cost models, databases, and project reporting tools
- Ability to: Work independently with minimal guidance on moderately complex estimating assignments
- Ability to: Solve complex problems and apply sound judgment to estimate development and analysis
- Ability to: Lead portions of projects or estimating workstreams within broader initiatives
- Ability to: Assess risk, challenge assumptions, and recommend practical solutions
- Ability to: Act as a resource to less experienced employees and support consistent estimating practices across the team
Licenses and Certifications
- None required
- Professional certifications in estimating, project controls, cost engineering, or project management are preferred
Strength Factor Rating - Physical Demands/Requirements
- Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Strength Factor Description - Physical Demands/Requirements
- Standing: Remaining on one's feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about (Occasionally)
- Walking: Moving about on foot (Frequently)
- Sitting: Remaining in a seated position (Constantly)
- Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling) (Occasionally)
- Carrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms, or on the shoulder (Occasionally)
- Pushing: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force (Occasionally)
- Pulling: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking) (Occasionally)
- Climbing: Ladders, Stairs (Occasionally)
- Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling (Occasionally)
- Stooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist (Occasionally)
- Kneeling: Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees (Occasionally)
- Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine (Occasionally)
- Crawling: Moving about on the hands and arms in any direction (Occasionally)
- Reaching: Extending hands and arms in any direction (Constantly)
- Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands (Manual Dexterity) (Constantly)
- Fingering: Picking, pinching or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (Finger Dexterity) (Constantly)
- Feeling: Perceiving such attributes of objects/materials as size, shape, temperature, texture, movement or pulsation by receptors in the skin, particularly those of the finger tips (Constantly)
- Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas/information by means of the spoken word (Frequently)
- Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sound by the ear (Frequently)
- Tasting/Smelling: (Occasionally)
- Near Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less (Constantly)
- Far Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 feet for more (Frequently)
- Depth Perception: Three-dimensional vision; ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are (Frequently)
- Vision: Color - The ability to identify and distinguish colors (Constantly)
Working Conditions/Environment
- Employee is subject to inside environmental conditions
Working Conditions
- Well lighted, climate controlled areas (Constantly)
- Frequent repetitive motion (Constantly)
- CRT (Computer Monitor(s)) (Constantly)
Travel
- Ability to travel to field sites or project locations as needed
Driving
- Based on assigned tasks, employee may be assigned a company vehicle requiring the applicable driver's license
ONEOK is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, national origin, gender identity, disability, military/veteran status, genetic information or any other categories protected by applicable law.
The job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of ONEOK.
ONEOK is committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request an accommodation email [email protected] or call 1-855-663-6547.
Expected Salary Range
$99,000.00 - $149,000.00
