Engineering Project Manager - Mission Critical Facilities

Kiewit; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 152,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Wellness program

Employee assistance program

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan with matching

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking an Engineering Project Manager to lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities for complex mission critical construction projects, such as data centers and industrial facilities. You’ll connect engineering, construction, procurement, and commissioning teams to ensure designs translate into executable field solutions.

The role involves early project planning, design development, constructability reviews, and driving milestones while maintaining safety and

Qualifications

• Experience managing engineering or design on large, complex construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of multidisciplinary design coordination and the relationship between engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
• Experience with mission critical facilities is required - may include, data centers, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, healthcare, power, or similarly complex environments
• Ability to manage multiple technical workstreams, competing priorities, and aggressive project schedules.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers, construction leaders, clients, consultants, vendors, and trade partners.
• Professional Engineer (PE), PMP, or similar credentials may be beneficial depending on the specific position and project.
• Must have demonstrated experience managing engineering teams and design deliverables on large, complex projects within the industrial market.
• Must have demonstrated experience with D/B, Progressive D/B, or EPC project execution, design development, and construction integration.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering execution from early design and planning through construction, commissioning, and project closeout.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, including electrical, mechanical, structural, civil, architectural, controls, and specialty systems.
• Manage engineering scope, schedule, deliverables, priorities, forecasting, change order process and design milestones while identifying risks that could affect construction.
• Drive design reviews with a strong focus on constructability, cost, schedule, quality, safety, and operational reliability.
• Partner closely with construction teams to ensure engineering deliverables support procurement, fabrication, installation, startup, and commissioning requirements.
• Coordinate with owners, consultants, vendors, subcontractors, and internal project stakeholders to resolve technical issues and maintain alignment.
• Manage design changes, RFIs, submittals, technical decisions, and engineering-related risks throughout project execution.
• Support procurement of major equipment and systems by ensuring technical requirements and delivery needs are clearly defined and coordinated with the project schedule.
• Monitor engineering progress and proactively address design gaps, interdisciplinary conflicts, and issues that could impact field productivity or critical milestones.
• Help ensure engineering work complies with applicable codes, project specifications, client standards, and quality requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and clear communication across engineering and construction teams while maintaining accountability for project commitments.
• Drive early project planning, design development, and constructability reviews to optimize cost, schedule, and execution strategy.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison with clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders, including our Construction project manager/team, ensuring clear communication and timely issue resolution.
• Champion Kiewit’s commitment to safety, innovation, and continuous improvement across all engineering activities.
• Support proposal development, estimating, and project pursuit efforts with engineering expertise and strategic input.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary coordination

Problem solving

Safety awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical discipline

Job description

Requisition ID: 182922

Job Level: Senior Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering

Department: Design Engineering

Market: Industrial

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Lead the engineering behind some of the most complex Mission Critical projects being built today. As an Engineering Project Manager with Kiewit, you’ll bring engineering, construction, procurement, and commissioning teams together to turn complex designs into executable solutions in the field in a highly collaborative environment for a firm that is well known for delivering D/B and EPC projects on time and within budget.

We are hiring Engineering Project Managers to lead and coordinate multidisciplined engineering activities for complex mission critical construction projects, such as data centers, Industrial Energy and other highly reliable facilities. This role serves as a key connection point between engineering, construction, project controls, procurement, clients, and external design partners, ensuring the design supports both project requirements and successful field execution. Our Engineering PM's are involved at the conceptual stage, helping to identify and scope the project, assist in negotiation of the contract, manage the contract deliverables, including project and loss, schedule, milestones, and KPI's.

District Overview

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 Advanced Technologies (Data Centers, Semiconductors, EV Battery), Food & Beverage, Mineral Processing, Renewable Fuels, Pulp and Paper, Steel & Aluminum, Industrial Buildings, and Industrial Energy, Bioprocessing and Chemical processing, Water, and Wastewater treatment.

Location

We prefer the role to be located in our Lenexa Kansas (Kansas City), or Lone Tree Colorado offices. We offer relocation assistance to those office locations.

Remote locations may be considered that are near other Kiewit major offices but with 50% travel to Lenexa Kansas required, for more Senior level candidates with 12+ years of Engineering PM experience in one or more of our specific industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering execution from early design and planning through construction, commissioning, and project closeout.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, including electrical, mechanical, structural, civil, architectural, controls, and specialty systems.
• Manage engineering scope, schedule, deliverables, priorities, forecasting, change order process and design milestones while identifying risks that could affect construction.
• Drive design reviews with a strong focus on constructability, cost, schedule, quality, safety, and operational reliability.
• Partner closely with construction teams to ensure engineering deliverables support procurement, fabrication, installation, startup, and commissioning requirements.
• Coordinate with owners, consultants, vendors, subcontractors, and internal project stakeholders to resolve technical issues and maintain alignment.
• Manage design changes, RFIs, submittals, technical decisions, and engineering-related risks throughout project execution.
• Support procurement of major equipment and systems by ensuring technical requirements and delivery needs are clearly defined and coordinated with the project schedule.
• Monitor engineering progress and proactively address design gaps, interdisciplinary conflicts, and issues that could impact field productivity or critical milestones.
• Help ensure engineering work complies with applicable codes, project specifications, client standards, and quality requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and clear communication across engineering and construction teams while maintaining accountability for project commitments.
• Drive early project planning, design development, and constructability reviews to optimize cost, schedule, and execution strategy.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison with clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders, including our Construction project manager/team, ensuring clear communication and timely issue resolution.
• Champion Kiewit’s commitment to safety, innovation, and continuous improvement across all engineering activities.
• Support proposal development, estimating, and project pursuit efforts with engineering expertise and strategic input.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience managing engineering or design on large, complex construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of multidisciplinary design coordination and the relationship between engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
• Experience with mission critical facilities is required - may include, data centers, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, Mining/Mineral processing, healthcare, power, or similarly complex environments
• Ability to manage multiple technical workstreams, competing priorities, and aggressive project schedules.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers, construction leaders, clients, consultants, vendors, and trade partners.
• Working knowledge of project controls, change management, document control, RFIs, submittals, and construction execution.
• Professional Engineer (PE), PMP, or similar credentials may be beneficial depending on the specific position and project.
• Must have demonstrated experience managing engineering teams and design deliverables (conceptual design through construction administration) on large, complex projects within the industrial market.
• Must have demonstrated experience with D/B, Progressive D/B, or EPC project execution, design development, and construction integration.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

Why Kiewit Industrial

Kiewit offers the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and rewarding industrial projects in North America. Our Engineering Project Managers play a pivotal role in shaping project outcomes, driving innovation, and delivering world‑class results. If you’re motivated by technical leadership, cross‑disciplinary collaboration, and building projects that make an impact, this role is a strong fit.

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.

Base Compensation: $152,000/yr - $200,000

(Actual compensation is subject to variation due such factors as education, years of experience, skillset, and location due to cost of labor differences)

This posting will be active from: 10/28/2026 - 01/26/2027

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.