Kiewit Nuclear Solutions - Structural Estimating Manager- Lenexa, KS

Position Overview

The Structural Estimating Engineering Department Manager is responsible for leading and developing a team of structural estimating professionals supporting complex industrial, energy, infrastructure, and mission-critical projects. This role is focused on building, managing, and mentoring a high-performing estimating organization while ensuring the successful delivery of accurate, competitive, and technically sound structural estimates.

The Department Manager will provide strategic leadership, technical oversight, workload coordination, and personnel development for the structural estimating team. This individual will drive estimating consistency, quality, and execution while collaborating closely with engineering, construction, procurement, business development, and executive leadership teams throughout project pursuit and preconstruction activities.

The ideal candidate combines strong structural engineering and estimating expertise with demonstrated leadership experience managing teams, improving processes, and supporting large multidisciplinary pursuits across a variety of project delivery methods including Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, Progressive Design-Build, EPC, FEED, and other contract models.

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.

Location

This is an in-office position, located in Lenexa, KS. 

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, mentor, and develop a team of structural estimating engineers and estimators.
• Establish departmental goals, staffing plans, performance expectations, and professional development initiatives for the structural estimating group.
• Oversee the preparation and coordination of structural estimates for large and complex projects.
• Manage estimating workloads, resource allocation, and proposal support activities across multiple simultaneous pursuits.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, completeness, and quality across all structural estimating deliverables.
• Provide technical guidance and review of quantity takeoffs, pricing strategies, labor assumptions, and estimate methodologies.
• Foster collaboration between estimating, engineering, construction, procurement, and project management teams during proposal and preconstruction phases.
• Lead estimate review meetings, risk assessments, constructability evaluations, and executive estimate presentations.
• Review and interpret project drawings, plans, specifications, and contract documents to support estimate development and team execution.
• Develop and implement estimating standards, procedures, tools, and best practices to improve departmental performance and efficiency.
• Support strategic business initiatives and client engagement efforts related to project pursuits and estimate development.
• Assist in recruitment, onboarding, retention, and succession planning for the structural estimating department.
• Provide leadership for estimating activities involving highly regulated and technically complex environments, including Nuclear and DOE/NNSA projects.

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Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of experience as a Structural Engineer.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Structural Estimator.
• Minimum 2 years of leadership or supervisory experience leading technical teams or estimating personnel.
• Thorough knowledge and demonstrated ability to review and understand project drawings, plans, specifications, and related contract documents.
• Strong understanding of structural systems, construction methodologies, estimating practices, and project execution planning.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage priorities, and coordinate multidisciplinary efforts.
• Strong communication, organizational, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience leading estimating teams supporting Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, Progressive Design-Build, EPC, FEED, and other project delivery models.
• Experience with Nuclear and/or DOE/NNSA projects.
• Familiarity with nuclear industry standards, codes, and quality requirements.
• Experience supporting large-scale industrial, energy, infrastructure, or mission-critical projects.
• Knowledge of estimating software platforms, quantity takeoff tools, and estimating database development.

Desired Attributes

• Strong leadership presence with a focus on team development and mentorship.
• Ability to build collaborative, high-performing technical teams.
• Strategic thinker with strong operational and organizational capabilities.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to quality and continuous improvement.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced proposal and project environments.
• Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills.