Substation Engineering Manager - Kiewit Power Delivery Engineering

Kiewit

The Role

Overview

Manage substation engineering team, projects, and staff for Kiewit Power Delivery.

Key Responsibilities

  • hiring
  • estimating
  • quality management
  • technical leadership
  • contract compliance
  • staff coordination

Tasks

-Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies. -Identify hiring needs/gaps and actively manage to fill open roles in collaboration with internal and external recruiting avenues. -Manage performance of department resources by providing timely feedback, and promote personnel development by assisting each resource in career succession planning and goal development. -Actively engage on projects ensuring resource needs are communicated and project schedules and budgets are maintained -Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required. -Establish key relationships with external firms or suppliers for on-call needs, as warranted. -Support estimating efforts with RFP reviews, proposal responses and engineering fee estimate development -Grow, train and develop the Portland office engineering and design resources -Ensure project contract compliance and technical deliverable accuracy -Provide overall engineering/design technical leadership and expertise within the discipline. -Facilitate quality management, quality process compliance and technical correctness on assigned projects, acting as Engineer of Record as needed. -Coordinate department staffing on/off projects and estimates of Portland based resources and coordinate overflow staffing needs and resourcing sharing with regional offices.

Requirements

  • microsoft office
  • pe license
  • b.s. engineering
  • 10+ years
  • leadership
  • teamwork

What You Bring

-Must be able to communicate through emails and utilize electronic meeting requests. -Ability to work in a growing, adaptive and multi-discipline team environment -Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (e.g. Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint). -Knowledge of engineering and construction standards and processes including scheduling, contracts, coordinating and managing all disciplines -Legally able to work within the United States for any length of time. Sponsorship will be considered in special circumstances -Work productively and meet deadlines timely -Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment. -Strong attention to detail; strong communication, interpersonal, leadership and team-building skills. -10+ years of experience performing engineering related duties and/or management for substation projects. -Must be able to represent Kiewit manner to owners, contractors, vendors and any other contacts outside the Kiewit organization. -Competitive - demonstrating the desire to win the project and grow the team through leadership and teamwork. -Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) or Graduate degree in Engineering or related field from an ABET accredited university -Regular, reliable attendance -P.E. license required -Ability to work independently with limited direction and oversight

The Company

About Kiewit

-It evolved into a massive employee‑owned network operating across North America, delivering projects valued in the billions. -Today it specializes in transportation, water/wastewater, power, oil, gas & chemicals, building, industrial, marine and mining sectors. -Signature projects include New York’s 63rd Street Tunnel, Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Tunnel, T‑Mobile Park in Seattle, and major renewable energy sites. -Its marine division undertakes dredging, coastal resiliency and naval base work, while energy teams deliver gas, power delivery and renewables. -With deep roots in engineering‑led construction, it is known for tackling the kind of ‘impossible’ projects that reshape cities and industries.

Sector Specialisms

Mine Management

Production

Infrastructure Construction

Maintenance

Contract Mining

Power Industry

Gas-fired Generation

Power Delivery

Renewable Energy

Transportation

Interstates

Highways and Bridges

Rail Lines and Rail Yards

Urban Mass Transit Systems

Airport Runways and Taxiways

Arts and Culture

Aviation

Commercial/Mixed-use

Federal

Healthcare

Higher Education

Hospitality

Sports/Entertainment

Transportation/Industrial Construction

Water Treatment and Supply

Desalination

Wastewater and Biosolids

Conveyance, Dams and Storage

Industrial Energy

Waste to Energy

Renewable Natural Gas

Food and Beverage

Pulp and Paper

Metals

Advanced Manufacturing

Industrial Water

Data Center / Mission Critical

Education

Government

Manufacturing / Industrial

Mixed Use / Retail

Transit Facilities

Offshore

Oil Sands

Gas Processing

Pipeline Facilities

Tanks and Terminals

LNG

Refining and Renewable Fuels

Petrochemical

Energy Storage

Gas and Hydrogen-fired Generation

Nuclear

Coal Retrofit

Visa Sponsorship

-sponsorship will be considered in special circumstances.