KOE - Sr. Civil Engineer

Position Overview

We are an innovative team of engineers and designers that supports projects throughout the company. Our staff leads and collaborates with Kiewit’s module fabrication and 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.

District Overview

Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc. is a full-service consulting and engineering firm serving oil and gas markets in partnership with Kiewit construction entities. Our combined staff of engineers and design professionals have expertise that span all major engineering disciplines to serve midstream, downstream, petrochemical and LNG markets. Backed by 130 years of construction excellence, our construction-driven execution approach encompasses constructability, safety and lowest installed cost at the earliest phases of projects to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery.

Our rapidly growing oil and gas team, which includes structural, civil, piping, mechanical, process, process safety, electrical, instrument and control disciplines, is a multi-faceted and leading-edge district of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the EPCC delivery of complex and dynamic process facilities.

Location

This position is based out of our Energy Corridor Office in Houston, TX and typically requires less than 25 percent travel.

Responsibilities

•   Leads team in advanced solutions to complex issues
•   Proactively identifies gaps in design and provides solutions.
•   Develops major project or proposal with no supervision.
•   Reviews and corrects the work of engineers and designers to develop documents as needed.
•   Resolves conflicting requirements and approaches across disciple lines as needed.
•   Assists others to structure and solve technical issues.
•   Improves existing processes by using different approaches/methods.
•   Generates multiple alternatives before settling on a solution.
•   Develops creative solutions to complex problems.
•   Collaborates with others to determine best solution internally and externally.
•   Serves as Kiewit representative in external organization and committees.
•   Identifies changes in scope of work during a large project and produces documents to stay within budget and schedule.
•   Generates new ways of thinking about and solving problems.
•   Leads quality check of engineering and design of major projects to ensure accuracy.
•   Sets the example for exceptional performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field minimum required.
• 20+ year minimum relevant experience in refining and petrochemical industry.
• Travel < 25% expected.
• Plans individual work to accomplish objectives.
• Continually improves efficiency and performance.
• Identifies gaps in team and works to resolve and close proactively.
• Communicates effectively across all levels of organization.
• Advised and provides perspectives from a variety of sources internally and externally to solve problems. 
• Serves as technical resource to projects and estimating.
• Continuously improves efficiency and performance.
• Works well with others. Involves less experienced engineers in issues to foster training of others.
• Seeks out industry experts for advancing skill sets.
• Actively seeks feedback from customers and takes action to improve processes. 
• Proactively looks for solutions to improved quality, cost and safety.

Working Conditions