Regional Engineering Manager, Boston - Kiewit Power Engineering Group

Position Overview

At Kiewit, we are dedicated to delivering exceptional service to our clients locally by understanding their unique needs, fostering strong relationships, and consistently exceeding their expectations through our commitment to quality and innovation. The Regional Engineering Manager for the Boston office will lead and grow a project and design engineering team, provide operational oversight, and pursue new work opportunities with power generation clients in the New England region, in particular Boston based clients. This role will require a good understanding of our company's technical capabilities together with the client's needs as well as our competitors and talent pool in the region. The successful candidate will help establish, inspire, and lead a highly capable, committed, and engaged team of multi-discipline engineers and designers, driving communication and providing technical expertise. Your role will be to help drive the team to its full potential with a passion for operational excellence and continued improvement based on client feedback. Ensuring the client’s needs and requirements are met whilst ensuring project success through scope, schedule, and budget management is critical to the role.

District Overview

Kiewit's Power Engineering Group brings various project types to life across North America, including gas-fired generation, power delivery, environmental retrofits, renewables and new technology, and water/wastewater. Our staff leads the power markets engineering process and collaborates with Kiewit's construction teams to focus on safe, cost-effective and innovative designs that achieve client expectations and further Kiewit's legacy of excellence. 

Location

This position will be based out of our Boston, MA office.

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow the regional business by strengthening existing and building new client relationships throughout the Boston / New England region of the United States.
• Drive business growth through expanding all of Kiewit's service offerings within the client organization.
• Engage in business development pursuits, key partnerships, strategy, and initiatives, including development and review of proposals and estimates.
• Manage local projects while monitoring performance using predefined metrics (progress, financial health, schedule adherence, risk, and opportunities).
• Build teams to ensure quality execution (adherence to budget, schedule, and quality).
• Assist in growing operational capability and scale through talent acquisition in the New England area.
• Promote development and mentorship of the local team, including mapping of career paths, goals, and opportunities.
• Coordinate bid and project staffing needs and availability through regular cross-functional meetings and routinely with business line peers.
• Collaborate with other Kiewit districts to maximize exposure of the company's capabilities to the client.
• Manage regional client financial performance, revenue delivered, achieved net gain, and billable utilization.
• Actively participate in business planning and market strategy development.
• Facilitate effective communication between design and construction project leadership.
• Communicate project design and key performance indicators and their status with the client.
• Ensure proper coordination of technical details across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Plan and communicate needs for Kiewit Engineering resources to support projects.
• Responsible for meeting project engineering schedules and budgets.
• Identify current and future risks along with mitigation strategies.
• Consolidate best practices from project execution across the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• At least 15 years of engineering experience in power generation.
• At least 10 years of management experience, including client account management.
• Knowledge of engineering standards as they relate to the power industry.
• Professional Engineering license or PMP Certification desired.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; fluent in English.
• Ability to mentor technical staff and foster a team environment.
• Attention to detail and ability to recognize discrepancies.
• Strong work ethic and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team. #LI-SM1