Requisition ID: 147562

Job Level: Senior Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Industrial Engineering

Department: Design Engineering

Market: Industrial

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

At Kiewit, we are always working to improve our processes, performance and vision to better serve our customers. As Engineering Project Manager, you'll establish a culture to inspire a highly capable, committed and engaged team of multi-discipline engineers and designers. By driving communication, providing technical expertise and establishing project goals, you'll help push the team to its greatest potential with a relentless passion for improvement, while delivering project success through scope, schedule and budget.

District Overview

Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc is a full-service engineering consulting and design firm serving a broad range of the industrial markets. Our combined staff of more than 1,700 engineers and design professionals have expertise that spans all major engineering disciplines to serve the industrial, transportation, power, water/wastewater, mining, building, and oil, gas & chemical markets. Our operations-focused engineering provides our clients with safe and efficient facilities, and it integrates our 130 years of construction experience to finish projects on time and to make sure that Nobody Gets Hurt.

Our rapidly growing Industrial Engineering team, which includes process, mechanical, electrical, controls, structural, architectural, geotechnical, and civil disciplines, is a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on EPC and design-build delivery of industrial projects in markets such as Food & Beverage, Mineral Processing, Renewable Fuels, Pulp and Paper, Steel & Aluminum, Industrial Buildings, and Industrial Energy, Water and Utilities.

Location

This position is based out of Lenexa, KS.

Responsibilities

• Develop the team vision, identify priorities and align with operational goals.
• Build discipline-specific strategies and objectives for talent management, technology, quality management and risk management.
• Manage to the scope, budget, and schedule of projects you are assigned to, inclusive of executing fair change management.
• Foster high performing teams and behavior to execute projects.
• Work to fully comprehend the business, industry and changing marketplace the organization resides in; working with Engineering Department Managers, align discipline personnel to meet changing business requirements.
• Ability to mentor and develop team members maintaining the "train your replacement" mentality.
• Work with Engineering Department Managers to effectively manage underperforming project team members.
• Identify opportunities to leverage technology.
• Seek ways to improve customer satisfaction, the quality of the work product, and operating efficiencies.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate operating risks inherent in the business that could materially impact the company's reputation and/or operating results.
• Identify Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and a means to manage KPI tracking and reporting.
• Stay up to date with the latest technology and industry practices and finds practical applications.
• Provide professional advice to project teams or individual contributors.
• Develop and execute a communications plan, ensuring project team members are informed of strategy, shared goals, policies, practices and programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction management (or similar field) from an accredited program
• Ten years of experience in increasingly challenging positions
• Three to five years of engineering project management experience
• Good negotiation, presentation and persuasion skills. Experienced in communicating ideas, winning approval, and reaching resolutions with a variety of audiences
• Ability to manage projects and progress ideas to execution in a complex environment
• Strong analytical ability along with the capacity to interpret data and make recommendations
• Comfortable with change and ambiguity; adaptable, collaborative and a systems thinker
• Proficient in interpreting and providing direction on project controls and scheduling

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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There's no limit to what you'll work on at Kiewit. With contracts in different markets and geographic areas, you'll tackle new challenges all the time. Whether you're building a facility that can turn water into power or engineering safer infrastructure networks, you're bound to push the limits of innovation in new and exciting ways.

With Kiewit, you'll have the potential to work on a variety of projects in seven major markets. From railroads to tunnels, renewable energy to biofuels, you'll be part of a mission that's bigger than you can imagine.

Here, you'll team up with market experts and gain cross-functional experience - all while helping people across the globe live better.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

Nearest Major Market: Overland Park
Nearest Secondary Market: Kansas City
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