Clean Utilities Lead

KBR; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

AD&D

Flexible spending account

Disability

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Clean Utilities Lead to oversee clean utility system design and high-purity utilities, including purified water, WFI, clean steam, and process gases. You will ensure facility infrastructure supports manufacturing needs and qualification activities.

Responsibilities include advising on designs, equipment selections, and operations; leading design reviews; and coordinating cross-disciplinary teams on capital projects exceeding $500M TIC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience with clean utilities systems design and engineering.
• Strong knowledge of engineering, design, constructability, operability, and maintainability best practices and code requirements for these systems.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and design activities for capital projects in excess of $500M TIC.

Responsibilities

• Ensure utility designs, equipment selections, and operational strategies support manufacturing requirements, contamination control objectives, regulatory expectations, qualification activities and startup readiness.
• Serve as the primary engineering advisor for clean utility systems.
• Oversee design and engineering team responsible for meeting the project requirements in this area, including day-to-day oversight and participation in design reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Design reviews

Cross-functional coordination

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Job description

Title:

Clean Utilities Lead

About the role

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

KRB is seeking a Clean Utilities Lead to provide oversight of clean utility system design and high-purity utility systems, including systems such as purified water, water-for-injection (WFI), clean steam, process gases, and associated distribution systems. The role helps ensure facility infrastructure supports manufacturing requirements and future qualification activities.

Functional job responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Ensure utility designs, equipment selections, and operational strategies support manufacturing requirements, contamination control objectives, regulatory expectations, qualification activities and startup readiness.
• Serve as the primary engineering advisor for clean utility systems.
• Oversee design and engineering team responsible for meeting the project requirements in this area, including but not limited to day to day oversight and participation in design reviews.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience with clean utilities systems design and engineering.
• Strong knowledge of engineering, design, constructability, operability, and maintainability best practices and code requirements for these systems.
• Experience successfully coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and design activities for capital projects in excess of $500M TIC.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or GMP-regulated facilities.
• Prior experience in an Owner’s Representative or PMC role for major capital projects in excess of $1B TIC.
• Experience supporting commissioning, qualification, and startup activities.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Decarbonization – Energy Transition – Sustainability

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.