Regional Project Manager - Kiewit Power Engineering

Position Overview

At Kiewit, we are always working to improve our processes, performance, and vision to better serve our customers. As an Engineering Project Manager, you’ll establish a culture to inspire a highly capable, committed and engaged team of multi-discipline engineers and designers. By driving communication, providing technical expertise and establishing project goals, you’ll help push the team to its greatest potential with a relentless passion for improvement, while delivering project success through scope, schedule and budget.

District Overview

Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc is a full-service consulting and engineering firm serving the infrastructure and engineering markets. Our combined staff of more than 3,000 engineers and design professionals have expertise that spans all major engineering disciplines to serve transportation, power, water/wastewater, mining, building, and oil, gas & chemical markets. Backed by 140 years of construction experience, our construction-driven engineering focuses on constructability and safety in the earliest phases of projects to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery. 
 
Our rapidly growing Power district, which includes structural, civil, piping, mechanical, process, process safety, electrical, instrument and control disciplines, is a multi-faceted division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the EPC delivery model for power facilities. We offer a variety of engineering services, including owner's engineering, project development, detailed engineering and design, construction management and plant services. Our engineering teams bring power projects to life across North America in the following areas: 
•    Gas-fired generation  
•    Power delivery  
•    Environmental retrofits 
•    Renewables and new technology 
•    Water/wastewater 
  
We are a high performing team of engineers and designers that develop projects through the project life-cycle engaging exciting projects throughout North America. Our staff leads the power markets engineering process and collaborates with Kiewit’s construction teams to approach construction-driven engineering with a 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 office in Chicago, IL with opportunity for hybrid flexibility. The ability to travel at least 20% to client and project locations within the region is expected.

Responsibilities

•    Overall management of the internal project design team(s)
•    Has a detailed understanding of all contractual obligations for the project to ensure contract design requirements are met
•    Facilitates effective communication between design and construction project leadership
•    Communicates project design and performance status with Clients and permitting agencies
•    Ensures proper coordination of technical details across multiple engineering disciplines
•    Supports Business Development activities including RFP reviews, proposals, project estimates, engineering fee estimates, etc.
•    Resolves conflicts that arise through partnering with design team, clients, and construction
•    Supports construction priorities and ensures their implementation through the design
•    Plans and communicates needs for Kiewit Engineering resources to support projects
•    Manages and interprets data and results for multiple projects
•    Responsible for meeting project engineering schedules and budgets
•    Identifies current and future risks along with mitigation strategies
•    Consolidates best practices from project execution
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Qualifications

•    Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related engineering degree
•    A minimum of 7 years’ experience in project management
•    Ability to mentor technical staff and foster a team environment
•    Strong organizational and time management skills
•    Strong written and verbal communications skills
•    Attention to detail, with the 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