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**Requisition ID:** 174946

**Job Level:** Mid Level

**Home District/Group:** Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering

**Department:** Design Engineering

**Market:** Industrial

**Employment Type:** Full Time

Position Overview

We are looking for a Design Project Manager to join our Industrial team, to support overall building design execution and coordination of overall multi-discipline personnel supporting the project, including performance and development. This position is similar to a building Architectural or MEP design "project manager". In this role, you will be the primary interface with proposal and project teams, supporting your assigned projects(s) from concept into execution, working in a highly matrixed environment. You will drive estimating, productivity (schedule and quality) and monitor the project to ensure we will deliver on time and within budget for the overall building/facility.

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

We are open to this individual to be based out of either our Lenexa, Kansas or Houston, Texas office.

Responsibilities

+ The individual is leading the building project team, along with being, the primary interface with project management and other project discipline leads. The building project team encompasses architects, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, and BIM designers.

+ Management and ownership of project performance (productivity, quality, schedule). Monitor project and team metrics; On an as-needed basis this individual will seek out underperformance and develop and execute a recovery plan.

+ Actively support project initiation and development in both the estimate and execution phases to ensure projects are set up for success.

+ Manage project staffing needs to properly support each project with the mindset of serving both the project and the development of the team through setting and managing high expectations.

+ Drive communication within the project team and various stakeholders ensuring understanding of ongoing activities, contractual requirements, budget, and overall project schedule.

+ Collaborate with the estimating department with lessons from production.

+ The building lead is in charge of understanding the entire building scope of a project. They are the primary interface with procurement, construction, the client, and project management regarding building design and execution.

+ Maintain and continue to develop relationships with EPC project stakeholders as the representative for IBG’s center of excellence for buildings.

+ Attend weekly project meetings including but not limited to:

+ Leads Coordination Meeting

+ Project Controls

+ Model Walks

+ Procurement

+ Run weekly buildings internal coordination meetings

+ Provide accurate forecasting of project man-power needs to IBG department managers

+ Define and own project schedules and various document control metrics

+ Drive the EPC mindset on the project team.

+ Know the project contract requirements and what was included in the project estimate.

Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Architecture, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Architectural Engineering

+ Minimum of 5 years of relevant design experience and 3 years of relevant building project management experience leading a team (or a combination of those years in design plus management)

+ Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (RA) license, preferred

+ Knowledge of multi-discipline industrial building design and experience in similar leadership role as outlined above, leading technical resources, and managing scope/schedule/budget for a project.

+ The candidate should be a solution-driven individual with leadership experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with a group of experienced professionals and drive things forward to completion.

+ Experience with EPC building execution preferred

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Other Requirements:

+ Regular, reliable attendance

+ Work productively and meet deadlines timely

+ Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.

+ Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.

+ Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.

+ May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

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Company: Kiewit