Kiewit Corporation

Design Engineering Manager - Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Kiewit Corporation$174K — $193K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or architecture.
  • U.S. Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred (required within a defined timeframe if not currently licensed).
  • 8 - 12 years of design engineering or design management experience with increasing responsibility.
  • Technical background as a design engineer in at least one infrastructure discipline.
  • Experience in delivering infrastructure projects from inception to completion, including construction support.

Responsibilities

  • Support management and coordination of multi-disciplinary design teams during project development.
  • Assist senior design leadership with staffing plans, budgets, and schedules.
  • Monitor design progress and ensure adherence to scope, schedule, and quality objectives.
  • Coordinate with construction teams for practical, cost-effective, and constructible designs.
  • Identify project risks and help develop mitigation strategies.
  • Manage subconsultant scopes, fee negotiations, and performance monitoring.
  • Participate in client and stakeholder meetings as required.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and dependents.
  • Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage.
  • Retirement plans with matching contributions.
  • Generous paid time off.
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 181056

Job Level: Mid Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Department: Design Engineering

Market: Transportation

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers (KIE) has an immediate opening for a Design Engineering Manager to support our major infrastructure programs across the United States, Canada and US Virgin Islands.
The ideal candidate is a mid-level design leader that meets the "Qualifications" below and has strong technical and coordination experience who is ready to take on increasing responsibility within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary infrastructure environment. The selected individual will support design management efforts during criteria development, preliminary design, final design, and construction support phases.

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary engineering and design management team supporting alternative delivery infrastructure projects (e.g., design-build, progressive design-build, alliance, P3). KIE is a cutting-edge division of Kiewit that integrates engineering and construction expertise to improve schedule performance, control costs, and minimize risk. Through Kiewit's fully integrated design and construction approach, our teams collaborate closely with estimators and builders to deliver innovative, constructible, and safety-focused solutions. As an in-house resource, KIE supports projects across the company, sharing best practices and technical excellence nationwide. This role offers strong career growth potential within a high-visibility infrastructure program.

Location

This position can be based in one of Kiewit's offices in New York, NY; Raleigh, NC; or Lone Tree, CO, with expectations to support projects both in-person and remotely, and travel to project sites as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Support management and coordination of multi-disciplinary design teams during project development and execution.
  • Assist senior design leadership with staffing plans, budgets, and schedules.
  • Monitor design progress and support adherence to scope, schedule, and quality objectives.
  • Coordinate with construction teams to ensure designs are practical, cost-effective, and constructible.
  • Identify project risks and assist in developing mitigation strategies.
  • Support preparation and management of subconsultant scopes, fee negotiations, and performance monitoring.
  • Participate in client and stakeholder meetings as required.
  • Assist in tracking and communicating schedule, quality, and financial performance metrics.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, and contract requirements.


Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or architecture.
• U.S. Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred (required within a defined timeframe if not currently licensed).
• 8 - 12 years of design engineering or design management experience, with roles of increasing responsibility
• Technical background as a design engineer in at least one of the typical infrastructure disciplines
• Experience in design delivery of infrastructure projects from project inception to completion, including support during construction.
• Project management, including commercial management and project controls, is an asset but not required.
• Infrastructure facilities experience is an asset (not offices, commercial, or large buildings)
• Familiarity with design-build and/or progressive design-build delivery methods preferred.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to coordinate across geographically distributed teams.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety, ethics, and delivering quality work.
• Experience working with AI agents and tools preferred
• 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.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

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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.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

Base Compensation: $174,000/yr - $193,000/yr
(Actual compensation is subject to variation due to such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location)

This posting will be active from: 04/09/2026 - 01/01/2027

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.

About Kiewit Corporation

Kiewit Corporation is an employee-owned Fortune 500 contractor based in Omaha, Nebraska. Privately held, it is one of the largest contractors in the world. Recent projects have included several bridge retrofittings in the San Francisco Bay Area, Interstate H-3 project in Hawaii, and building the world's largest geodesic dome at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Along with significant mining and off-shore operations, the company also contracts small grading (dirt moving) projects for residential or commercial development.

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