Clean Utilities Lead

KBR, Inc.; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR seeks a Clean Utilities Lead to oversee clean utility systems including purified water, water-for-injection, clean steam, and process gases. The role ensures that utility infrastructure supports manufacturing needs and qualification activities, with primary responsibility for design reviews and multidisciplinary coordination.

Requirements include a Bachelor's in Engineering and a minimum of 10 years in clean utilities design, plus strong regulatory and constructability knowledge.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Oversee clean utility system design and high‑purity utilities such as PW, WFI, clean steam, and process gases.
• Serve as primary engineering advisor for clean utilities; oversee design reviews and team activities.
• Ensure designs meet manufacturing, contamination control, regulatory expectations and startup readiness.

Skills

Clean utilities

Project coordination

Regulatory compliance

Capital projects

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

PE license

Job description

Title:

Clean Utilities Lead

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.