KIWE - Technical Market Director (PFAS and Emerging Contaminants)

Position Overview

Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering (KIWE) has an immediate opening for a Director – PFAS and Emerging Contaminants as part of our expanding and highly successful Water group based in Lenexa, KS, USA.  You will be in a Senior Management role within the Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering organization that is developing water infrastructure solutions that seamlessly transition from design plans to completed projects that exceed client expectations and further Kiewit’s legacy of excellence.

You will be the authority providing technical and strategic leadership to expand our market position nationally on the physical, chemical, and destruction treatment processes relative to PFAS chemicals and other emerging contaminants that impact the Municipal Drinking Water market, Municipal Wastewater/Biosolids market, and the Industrial Water submarkets (Semiconductor, Mining, Oil & Gas, Power).  Kiewit Industrial & Water Directors are key decision makers in our Water business and will be an integral part of our leadership team with responsibilities ranging from market strategic planning and business development collaboration to technical oversight of ongoing water treatment facility projects with direct access to executive management in the engineering and construction businesses.

District Overview

Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc is a full-service consulting and engineering firm serving the Water, Infrastructure, Industrial, Power and Oil, Gas & Chemical (OGC) markets. Our combined staff of more than 3,500 engineers and design professionals have expertise that spans all major engineering disciplines to serve our customers across markets on projects of any scale and complexity level. Backed by 140 years of construction expertise, our construction-focused engineering centers on constructability, commissioning, and safety in the earliest phases of projects to ensure total project success. 
The Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering team, which includes process, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation and control, structural, civil and buildings disciplines, is a multi-faceted division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on collaborative Design-Build (progressive and/or fixed price) and EPC delivery models for complex water projects.  The team brings project solutions to life across North America in the following areas:

•    Water Treatment
•    Potable Municipal and Groundwater Desalination
•    Advanced Water Reuse
•    Groundwater Remediation
•    Stormwater Recycling
•    Industrial Water Treatment
•    Wastewater Treatment
•    Biosolids Treatment
•    Pipelines and Conveyance

Clients are turning to Kiewit during all stages of design-build projects to lead and manage multi-disciplined design teams to work together to improve schedule, track design progress, control costs and minimize risk.  We are a high performing team of engineers and designers that leads the water engineering process and collaborates with Kiewit’s construction teams to approach construction-driven engineering with a focus on safe, cost effective, and innovative designs, all working to develop the best possible delivery of water facility projects to our clients.
 

Location

This role will be based out of Kiewit's Lenexa, KS office (Kansas City area) preferably.  Certain Remote work locations will be fully considered. 

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

•    Assist and support Executive leadership with short-term and long-term strategy development and business initiatives within the organization
•    Collaborate with the regional Water Markets & Strategy professionals as the primary engineering contact for municipal and industrial water/wastewater PFAS and emerging contaminant treatment to interface with customers to support project and business development needs (client meetings, proposal messaging, interviews).  Develop strategic plans for new business opportunities and foster long-term customer relationships by attending customer engagement activities and functions (as needed)
•    Communicate/present industry trends, competitive situations, or technology/regulatory issues
•    Identify current and future pursuit and/or project risks along with development of mitigation strategies
•    Manage and interpret data and results for multiple projects such that sound business decisions can be made based on these results
•    Consolidate best practices from pursuit and project execution

 
Pursuit & Project Performance Leadership

•    Collaborative senior management responsibility during the SOQ/RFP proposal development phases for pursuit opportunities ensuring technical design contract compliance, alternative technical/technology concept development, design execution strategy development, technical proposal content accuracy, risk assessments and performance guarantees
•    Technical and engineering leadership for concurrent multiple engineering teams on municipal infrastructure and industrial water facility design including process evaluation and selection, preparation of engineering reports, calculations, drawings, and specifications and supporting start-up & commissioning plan development while ensuring that all contractual design and permitting requirements are met
•    Senior Management responsibility for project performance guarantees and testing, process engineering deliverable quality, project technical risk identification and mitigation, and contract compliance with technical design aspects
Community/Industry Leadership
•    Involvement in the community and industry as an influential leader through participation in organizations and memberships and delivering customer and professional organization presentations
•    Senior leadership, guidance and review of key technical conference papers and presentations

Mentorship

•    Provide technical mentorship of engineering and design staff to become future leaders by assisting in employee development, training, recruiting, retention

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Civil/Environmental Engineering, from an accredited university
Master’s Degree or higher in Chemical, Mechanical or Civil/Environmental Engineering, strongly preferred but not required
Professional Engineer (PE) registration
15+ years’ experience in project management, engineering design, estimating, and start-up/commissioning of industrial water projects with focus on Design-Build / EPC project delivery.  Expertise in PFAS/Emerging Contaminants is required
Knowledge and application of alternative project delivery methods (PDB, FPDB, CMAR, DBOOM, DBFOM, P3).
Willing and available to accommodate intermittent travel (25-40% expected)
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
Ability to freely access all points of a construction site in wide-ranging climates and environment