Sr Operations Manager - Kiewit Water Facilities District

Position Overview

As a Sr Operations Manager in Kiewit Water Facilties South District, you’ll lead impactful projects across water, wastewater, and power generation markets. This role offers more than just project oversight — it’s a chance to grow rapidly, take on complex challenges, and make a tangible difference across North America. We invest in your development through hands-on training and exposure to high-profile projects, empowering you to advance your career faster than you imagined.

District Overview

Kiewit Water Facilities South specializes in constructing water treatment facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, and desalination plants across North America. Because our people receive continuous and extensive training, hands-on experience, and challenging responsibilities from day one, they quickly develop the expertise that has earned our district its reputation as the premier contractor in the southeast United States. 

Location

Headquarters in our Westlake, TX office.  Our culture is built on opportunity. We go where the work is—giving you access to exciting projects nationwide and endless chances to grow your career.

When you join us, you’ll work on projects across the U.S. with relocation assistance or per diem and paid trips home. Plus, we offer personalized development plans to help you reach your goals and maximize your potential.

Responsibilities

•    Effectively manage client relations, project administration, and direction of suppliers and subcontractors
•    Competently manage all phases of planning and execution on projects or segments of work
•    Ensure team capabilities align with project demands while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.
•    Establish project procedures consistent with contractual documents and quality plans for all engineering work; determine and oversee all project controls, schedules, and budgets.
•    Serve as project representative with client, general contractor, subcontractors, and vendors at kick-off meetings, job walks, project reviews, and other meetings and correspondence.
•    Coordinate training and compliance measures to ensure project procedures are followed.
•    Identify and secure necessary approvals for all changes in project scope, budget, and/or schedule.
•    Ensure best practices such as safety, quality, environmental, and compliance standards ae followed while executing the project on schedule and meeting quality expectations

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree in engineering in any discipline from a four-year college or university
•    10+ years of related experience and/or training, specifically in the water treatment, wastewater treatment and/or desalination plants.
•    Competent in the use of computer software applications used for project control and administration, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook, SharePoint

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