Kiewit · 2 days ago
Engineering Project Manager - Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering
Lenexa, KS
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$179K/yr - $187K/yr
10+ years expKiewit is a leading engineering consulting and design firm serving industrial markets. The Engineering Project Manager will manage engineering projects, focusing on client engagement, project execution, and overseeing multi-discipline engineering teams to ensure project success within budget and timelines.
Building MaterialConstructionIndustrial EngineeringMiningOil and GasTransportation
Responsibilities
Direct the development and oversee the implementation of the project execution plan including deliverables lists, schedule, budget, manpower projections, and quality management
Schedule and lead project team meetings as required
Coordinate client billings with the Kiewit business management team
Monitor and report project progress against the execution plan, take appropriate corrective action if progress falls behind the plan
Monitor, control, and report project expenditures against the budget
Oversee contract change notice management process as required
Communicate project status to Kiewit management, such as providing regular weekly reports, monthly reports, and other reports as required
Through engaging communication, provide technical expertise, establishment of team goals, and alignment with project objectives
Develop and execute a communications plan, ensuring team members are informed of strategy, shared goals, objectives, milestones, individual responsibilities, best practices, and policies
Overall management of the project design team[AJB2.1]
Work within a matrix environment to communicate and coordinate resource needs
Lead project planning processes within the pursuit and proposal phase; determine the required scope and collaborate with company resources, SME’s and functional leadership in preparing written technical engineering scope, development of services estimate, organizational charts, schedule and other proposal deliverables
Lead development of next-phase scope and coordinate transition for pre-FEED to FEED or FEED to EPC work
Seek ways to improve customer satisfaction and operating efficiencies
Engage with client to fully understand operations priorities and ensures their implementation through the design
Identify, evaluate, and document risks inherent in the project that could materially impact the overall success and develop a mitigation plan, jointly between Kiewit and the client, to best allocate the risk and associated mitigation items
Coordinate discussions on project design and performance status with Clients
Develop future opportunities during project execution on ongoing projects and with recent clients
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field
Minimum 10 years' experience in increasingly challenging positions, preferably in an engineering organization
5+ years' experience performing engineering-related design or management within the industrial markets, preferred
5+ years' experience in a consulting role, preferred
Strong 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
Must be self-motivated, results oriented and must constantly coach in order to develop team members
Strong organizational and time management skills
Strong written and verbal communications skills
Attention to detail, with the ability to recognize discrepancies
Ability to work well as part of a team
Preferred
5+ years' experience performing engineering-related design or management within the industrial markets, preferred
5+ years' experience in a consulting role, preferred
Benefits
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
Generous paid time off
Company
Kiewit
At Kiewit, the projects we deliver make a difference, and we offer opportunities for you to make one, too.
10001+ employees
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