Engineering Controls Manager-Kiewit Nuclear Solutions-Lenexa, KS

Position Overview

Are you interested in helping be responsible for the business management of projects ranging from $1 million to $4 billion? How about taking part in key forecasting, scheduling and accounting practices? If this is something that interests you, Kiewit is looking for individuals who can make a profound impact on our company culture every day!

The Engineering Controls Manager is an early career role focused on supporting a Design Engineering project team with various aspects of Operational Project Controls. These aspects include accounting, scheduling, earned-value management, and finance related functions. Each project at Kiewit is run like a small business, with the Engineering Controls Manager concentrated on critical tasks such as defining Engineering & Design scope, defining standard workflows & associated rules of credit, validating progress, ensuring data alignment between tools & systems, and advising Engineering Project leadership on risk management strategies. This position will become skilled at executing recurring processes, and utilizing standard tools, related to various cost, earned value, and schedule components of Engineering Projects such as labor, expenses, consultants, and 3rd party subcontracts. The Engineering Controls Manager will be an integral part of the month end close out process and will regularly assist in preparing a monthly financial reporting package for project management.

At Kiewit, the scale of our operations is huge. Our construction and engineering projects span across the United States, Canada and Mexico, improving and connecting communities with every initiative. We depend on our high-performing operations support professionals — they’re the glue that holds multiple areas of the business together and the catalysts that make things happen. We hire only the most driven people. We offer diverse career opportunities, strong leadership & mentorship, rewarding & collaborative work, and responsibility they won’t find just anywhere. We’re always pushing new limits. With Kiewit, You can too.

District Overview

Kiewit Nuclear Solutions. is a full-service engineering, project management, and construction provider operating across North America. Our experience and expertise span all aspects of the nuclear-related market from carbon free, small modular reactors to Dept of Energy science, environmental and nuclear security mission capabilities. With these broad capabilities, we operate in the power utility, renewable energy, industrial, and infrastructure markets.

As part of Kiewit, we are integrated with 135 years of construction and engineering excellence that provides wholistic solutions, differentiating our team from the rest of the industry. Our rapidly growing nuclear solutions business has opened new locations across North America to strengthen our market presence while executing work within the communities we live within and support. We are committed to build upon our history as one of the safest companies to work for by equipping our craft and staff with the best technology, processes, equipment, tools and safety programs available. We are an innovative team that prides itself on excellence through continuous improvement and an unwavering commitment to deliver for our clients. Our staff collaborates with Kiewit’s vast internal network of resources that span heavy civil and infrastructure, vertical and commercial buildings, industrial, as well our oil and gas and power generation markets, to drive safe and cost-effective solutions that achieve client expectations and further Kiewit’s core values of People, Integrity, Excellence, and Stewardship.

On our team, you’ll have the opportunity to see, design and construct more than you ever imagined. Working hard will not only bring you satisfaction from a job well done, but it will help propel your career forward faster than you might expect. Kiewit’s culture encourages training, developing your skills, and tailoring your experience and knowledge to allow you to take on projects that impact millions across North America. With top-notch health benefits, a wealth-building 401k plan, and unbeatable growth opportunities, joining Kiewit can bring a lifetime of personal success and satisfaction. 

Location

This position is based in Lenexa, KS.

Responsibilities

• Recognize the importance of being a team player by adapting to project needs and helping in other areas as needed.
• Foster relationships with the Engineering & Design team and show a willingness to learn about the work.
• Understand past-cost comparable concepts, such as the use of past-cost account code structures for various scopes of work.
• Assist in the creation of Engineering Project estimates by identifying required scopes, quantities, manhours, costs, and project revenues.
• Review spent hours, incurred expense costs, quantity claiming, budget structure, exception reports, and schedule progression curves, while making appropriate corrections to ensure accurate reporting for management.
• Identify, adjust, and review financial forecast & budget issues within Kiewit standard financial summary reports.
• Assist in standing up new projects within Kiewit standard tools for Project Execution.

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Qualifications

• 2-7 years of Project Controls, Data Analyst, Finance Manager, or Schedule Engineer experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance and/or similar field of study.
• Fluent with Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Extensive experience with Pivot Tables, V-Look Ups, and other key excel functions.
• Comfortable reading and understanding PowerBi reporting dashboards.
• Strong communicator (both oral and written), with an emphasis on organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with a strong mindset for data-driven decision making.
• Positive attitude, eagerness to learn, and passionate for continuous improvement.
• Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team.
• Ability to work in the United States without sponsorship, both now and in the future.
• Previous internship experience is preferred.