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Form of workRequisition ID: 170789
Job Level: Senior Level
Home District/Group: Kiewit Water Facilities South
Department: Field Supervision
Market: Water/Wastewater
Employment Type: Full Time
As a Piping Construction Lead for Kiewit, you will provide leadership and guidance to the project's Piping Discipline Constructability Superintendents. This person will also be responsible for all design, engineering, and procurement activities relating to their specialty discipline on the project.
Kiewit's Water Facilities South group is one of Kiewit's leading water/wastewater districts specializing in constructing water treatment facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, and desalination plants. Although we are headquartered in Westlake, TX (DFW area), with regional offices in Miami FL and Atlanta GA, we also pursue various projects stretching across the country. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about infrastructure and committed to the construction industry as opposed to design. Because our people receive continuous and extensive training, hands-on experience, and challenging responsibilities from the day they join our team, they quickly develop the expertise that has earned our district its reputation as the premier contractor in the southeast United States.
Sherman, TX - north of Dallas near the TX/OK border.
- Provides oversight of all constructability during the design process.
- Coordinates engineering interface with site.
- Develops and maintains Kiewit metrics for: deliverables, cost, schedule, quantity management, and constructability.
- Maintains good client relations while acting as a liaison between project engineering teams and owner.
- Reviews specifications for contract compliance, code compliance, and commercial terms.
- Develops highly integrated construction and engineering schedules.
- Coordinates Subcontractor/Vendor quality and expedites visits with project engineering or Kiewit's supply team.
- Ensure all Lessons Learned are properly incorporated into design and construction of the project.
- Provides timely and accurate project decisions to engineering staff.
- Acts as the final decision maker between engineering and constructability team.
- Reviews drawings for owner accessibility, maintainability, and Design for Safety execution.
- Coordinates weekly model reviews with constructability team and owner.
- Provides innovative and past knowledge experience in brainstorming sessions.
- Ensures timely review of shop drawings.
- Recognizes scope changes in the Contract and Subcontracts and initiates IDFs.
- Contributes to team effort, frontline leader between design partner and the constructability team.
- 8+ years of construction experience with at least 3 years being in a superintendent/leadership role.
- Experience working on infrastructure and/or industrial construction projects such as roads, dams, water/wastewater treatment plants, etc.
- Understanding and working knowledge of engineering designs and drawings relating to piping discipline.
- Extensive knowledge/experience in construction piping methods, processes, etc. is required.
- Ability to travel and/or relocate as needed.
- Knowledge of various construction disciplines, union agreements, jurisdictional issues, safety regulations, scheduling, cost control, engineering drawings, and other documents.
- Demonstrated ability to efficiently supervise and evaluate craft performance.
- Highly motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative.
- Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time.
- Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity.
- Passion for safety, with the ability to help us ensure that nobody gets hurt.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work successfully both independently and as a team to meet deadlines, goals, and objectives.
- Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail.
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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.
- May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.
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.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
