Water Design Manager - Kiewit Water Delivery

About the Role

Kiewit is looking for a Water Design Manager (WDM) to lead and integrate engineering on large municipal and industrial water and wastewater projects delivered through collaborative delivery methods including progressive design-build, design-build, CMAR and EPC. Communities and industrial clients across North America are investing in drinking water, wastewater, water reuse and industrial water systems at a historic…

Responsibilities

• Lead and integrate multi-discipline engineering teams (Kiewit engineers and third-party engineering partners) on $50M to $1B+ municipal and industrial water and wastewater projects, from pursuit handoff through construction, commissioning and closeout.
• Support the Regional Sponsor during pursuits. Test technical and execution assumptions, contribute multi-discipline technical strategy, confirm that proposal commitments and performance guarantees can be delivered, and connect design choices to field execution.
• Lead development and review of engineering fees using approved Kiewit templates.
• During the design management/execution phase of the project, set up the engineering execution plan including engineering requirements, technical strategy, scope, budget, schedule, deliverables, staffing, quality expectations, risk actions and communication rhythms.
• Own engineering scope, budget, schedule, deliverables and change management with a project-first mindset. Identify changes early and manage them fairly and transparently.
• Provide technical leadership across disciplines. Coordinate discipline interfaces, resolve misalignments between stakeholders, and steer key technical design decisions and tradeoffs so that solutions meet performance requirements, regulatory and permit requirements, and client operations and maintenance needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, environmental, chemical, mechanical or a related engineering field from an accredited program is required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license is required (P.Eng. for Canadian candidates).
• 10+ years of experience in water and/or wastewater engineering or similar industries, including at least 5 years as a Design Manager, Engineering Project Manager or Project Manager leading multi-discipline design teams.
• Experience delivering projects through progressive design-build, design-build is required. Additional CMAR and/or EPC experience is ideal. Experience working for or directly with a contractor is strongly preferred.
• Strong client-facing communication, presentation and negotiation skills, with experience building consensus with engineering teams, clients, constructors, and regulators.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop high-performing teams and to hold people and partners accountable through both direct and indirect (influence) methods.