Utilities Coordination Manager

Position Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers (KIE) is looking for a Utility Coordination Manager to join our Westlake team. This job position will oversee a team of Utility Coordinators who will support pursuits and projects throughout Kiewit..  The candidate should possess enough experience to be considered a subject matter expert in the field of utility construction and be experienced with infrastructure utility coordination.  The utilities team is integral to the pursuit, engineering and construction project team to ensure we provide the best service possible to each client. 

Our work includes but is not limited to: water, sewer, gas, petroleum, electric transmission & distribution (aerial and underground), telecom fiber & copper (aerial and underground). 

District Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering's Design Build Management team are driving clients to turn to Kiewit during all stages of design-build projects to manage their multi-disciplined design teams to improve schedule, control costs, and minimize risk. Our construction-driven engineers analyze root causes and resolve design issues before they impact schedule and budget. Particularly on large design-build projects, clients benefit from the proven processes and tools used by Kiewit to minimize project risk. We are an in-house resource that supports projects throughout the company. Our staff shares experiences gained, innovative concepts, and design best practices for all projects that we support.

Our participation leads to safe, cost effective, and innovative designs that achieve client expectations and further Kiewit’s legacy of excellence.

On our team, you’ll have the opportunity to see more, touch more, and do 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. We will train you, develop your skills, and 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, by joining Kiewit, you’re ensuring a lifetime of success.

Location

This position is based out of our Westlake, TX offices.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing Utility Coordination work, with coverage across North America and Canada. 
• Budgeting for costs and labor hours (KIE and subconsultants), claiming, forecasting. Identifying scope changes and initiating extra work requests. This includes risk analysis and attack plans to mitigate.
• Interface with other departments within Utility Group such as design, SUE, estimating, and ROW.
• Supports estimating lead for pricing of construction and professional service work plus input on scheduling tasks, durations and logic.
• Promote effective communication through use of standardized tools.
• Establish effective working relationships with project teams on construction and design side to ensure our group is effective carrying out the Utility Coordination role, provide status updates.
• Consultant sourcing, execute contracts or task orders, and manage consultants.
• Issue resolution on projects through personal involvement or additional resources. 
• Promote & enforce use of our Standard Operating Procedures for Utility Coordination.
   

Qualifications

• 20+ years industry experience; with at least 5yr+ design-build utility environment
• Bachelors in Engineering, Construction or related degree field.
• Experience working with Bentley Microstation and ProjectWise.
• Experienced use of Bluebeam.
• Capability to manage people and resources nationally. 
• Experience with different construction techniques and constructability of Utilities and associated Civil aspects in Design-Build projects.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Strong inter-personal skills and an ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Ability to organize and handle multiple project assignments.
• Ability to travel to assignments based on business needs.
• Ability to freely access all points of a construction site in wide-ranging climates and environments