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Program Manager jobs at Kiewit span large-scale energy construction and infrastructure projects, with the company maintaining a consistent record of sponsoring work visas for qualified candidates in this function. If you're on a work visa or need sponsorship, Kiewit is a realistic target worth pursuing.
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Get Access To All JobsRequisition ID: 182162
Job Level: Director
Home District/Group: Kiewit Quality
Department: Quality
Market: Power
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Overview
The Quality Director serves as the Program Management Office (PMO) Director for a large, complex utility capital program and is responsible for establishing, leading, and continuously improving program-wide governance, quality management systems, performance reporting, and execution excellence. This role provides strategic leadership across multiple projects, ensuring consistency, accountability, risk management, and adherence to client standards, regulatory requirements, and program objectives. The Quality Director will partner closely with executive leadership, client stakeholders, engineering teams, construction management teams, contractors, and project managers to drive successful program delivery while fostering a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
District Overview
Kiewit’s Quality Group is a shared service that maintains and executes quality standards on projects across the company. Our principal quality objectives are to meet or exceed clients’ expectations and to eliminate rework by performing our work “right the first time.” We monitor our performance against these objectives and require continual improvement.
Location
This position will be a field based role and required to travel to projects across the US.
Responsibilities
Program Leadership & Governance
- Lead the Program Management Office (PMO) supporting a large utility infrastructure program.
- Establish and maintain program governance frameworks, procedures, standards, and performance metrics.
- Develop and implement program-wide quality management strategies aligned with client objectives.
- Facilitate executive-level program reviews and governance meetings.
- Ensure alignment of program delivery activities with contractual commitments, regulatory requirements, and client expectations.
- Provide strategic oversight of program performance, schedule adherence, cost management, and risk mitigation efforts.
Quality Management
- Develop, implement, and maintain the Program Quality Management Plan.
- Establish quality standards, procedures, audits, inspections, and compliance processes across all program projects.
- Lead quality assurance and quality control initiatives to ensure consistent execution and deliverable quality.
- Monitor key quality performance indicators and implement corrective actions where necessary.
- Conduct periodic program assessments and maturity evaluations to drive continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with applicable utility, environmental, safety, and regulatory requirements.
PMO Operations
- Direct PMO functions including, reporting, document management, change management, risk management, and lessons learned programs.
- Establish standardized project management methodologies and best practices across the program.
- Oversee development of executive dashboards, performance reporting, and program analytics.
- Ensure effective integration among engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations stakeholders.
- Lead development and maintenance of program execution plans, governance documents, and management procedures.
Stakeholder Management
- Serve as a trusted advisor to client leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with client representatives, regulatory agencies, contractors, consultants, and internal teams.
- Facilitate issue resolution and decision-making processes across organizational boundaries.
- Present program status, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to executive leadership.
Continuous Improvement
- Drive a culture of accountability, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Identify opportunities to improve program efficiency, delivery performance, and organizational effectiveness.
- Implement lessons learned programs and best-practice sharing across the portfolio.
- Lead organizational change initiatives supporting program objectives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a closely related technical discipline (required).
- Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible experience in program management, project management, quality management, engineering, construction management, or utility infrastructure delivery.
- Minimum 10 years of leadership experience managing large multidisciplinary teams and complex capital programs.
- Demonstrated experience serving in a PMO leadership role on large-scale utility, energy, transmission, distribution, generation, or infrastructure programs.
- Proven experience developing and implementing quality management systems and governance frameworks.
- Experience working directly with utility clients and executive stakeholders.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, negotiation, and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) or equivalent quality certification.
- Experience managing programs exceeding $500 million in total capital value.
- Experience with utility capital improvement programs, grid modernization initiatives, transmission and distribution projects, substation programs, renewable energy programs, or related infrastructure portfolios.
- Experience implementing enterprise PMO methodologies and quality systems in owner or EPC environments.
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.
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.
Requisition ID: 182162
Job Level: Director
Home District/Group: Kiewit Quality
Department: Quality
Market: Power
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Overview
The Quality Director serves as the Program Management Office (PMO) Director for a large, complex utility capital program and is responsible for establishing, leading, and continuously improving program-wide governance, quality management systems, performance reporting, and execution excellence. This role provides strategic leadership across multiple projects, ensuring consistency, accountability, risk management, and adherence to client standards, regulatory requirements, and program objectives. The Quality Director will partner closely with executive leadership, client stakeholders, engineering teams, construction management teams, contractors, and project managers to drive successful program delivery while fostering a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
District Overview
Kiewit’s Quality Group is a shared service that maintains and executes quality standards on projects across the company. Our principal quality objectives are to meet or exceed clients’ expectations and to eliminate rework by performing our work “right the first time.” We monitor our performance against these objectives and require continual improvement.
Location
This position will be a field based role and required to travel to projects across the US.
Responsibilities
Program Leadership & Governance
- Lead the Program Management Office (PMO) supporting a large utility infrastructure program.
- Establish and maintain program governance frameworks, procedures, standards, and performance metrics.
- Develop and implement program-wide quality management strategies aligned with client objectives.
- Facilitate executive-level program reviews and governance meetings.
- Ensure alignment of program delivery activities with contractual commitments, regulatory requirements, and client expectations.
- Provide strategic oversight of program performance, schedule adherence, cost management, and risk mitigation efforts.
Quality Management
- Develop, implement, and maintain the Program Quality Management Plan.
- Establish quality standards, procedures, audits, inspections, and compliance processes across all program projects.
- Lead quality assurance and quality control initiatives to ensure consistent execution and deliverable quality.
- Monitor key quality performance indicators and implement corrective actions where necessary.
- Conduct periodic program assessments and maturity evaluations to drive continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with applicable utility, environmental, safety, and regulatory requirements.
PMO Operations
- Direct PMO functions including, reporting, document management, change management, risk management, and lessons learned programs.
- Establish standardized project management methodologies and best practices across the program.
- Oversee development of executive dashboards, performance reporting, and program analytics.
- Ensure effective integration among engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations stakeholders.
- Lead development and maintenance of program execution plans, governance documents, and management procedures.
Stakeholder Management
- Serve as a trusted advisor to client leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with client representatives, regulatory agencies, contractors, consultants, and internal teams.
- Facilitate issue resolution and decision-making processes across organizational boundaries.
- Present program status, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to executive leadership.
Continuous Improvement
- Drive a culture of accountability, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Identify opportunities to improve program efficiency, delivery performance, and organizational effectiveness.
- Implement lessons learned programs and best-practice sharing across the portfolio.
- Lead organizational change initiatives supporting program objectives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a closely related technical discipline (required).
- Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible experience in program management, project management, quality management, engineering, construction management, or utility infrastructure delivery.
- Minimum 10 years of leadership experience managing large multidisciplinary teams and complex capital programs.
- Demonstrated experience serving in a PMO leadership role on large-scale utility, energy, transmission, distribution, generation, or infrastructure programs.
- Proven experience developing and implementing quality management systems and governance frameworks.
- Experience working directly with utility clients and executive stakeholders.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, negotiation, and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) or equivalent quality certification.
- Experience managing programs exceeding $500 million in total capital value.
- Experience with utility capital improvement programs, grid modernization initiatives, transmission and distribution projects, substation programs, renewable energy programs, or related infrastructure portfolios.
- Experience implementing enterprise PMO methodologies and quality systems in owner or EPC environments.
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.
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Program Manager Jobs at Kiewit
Frame your credentials around construction project delivery
Kiewit's Program Manager roles center on EPC and large capital projects in energy. Tailor your resume to show scope management, schedule control, and multi-site delivery experience rather than general operations management.
Target postings that list multiple project types
Kiewit staffs Program Managers across power generation, renewables, and industrial construction simultaneously. Applying to roles tied to active project pipelines in your discipline, not just open headcount, improves your odds of a sponsorship-inclusive offer.
Clarify your OPT or CPT runway before the first interview
If you're on F-1 OPT, Kiewit will assess whether your remaining authorization covers the project start date. Know your exact end date and whether STEM OPT extension applies to your degree before any recruiter conversation.
Understand how TN status fits a Program Manager title
Canadian and Mexican nationals can pursue TN status for engineering management roles, but the TN category must align with your specific job duties and degree. Confirm with USCIS guidance that your role qualifies before assuming TN is available.
Negotiate sponsorship commitment during the offer stage
Kiewit's recruiting process moves quickly once an offer is extended. Ask explicitly during offer negotiation whether the role includes H-1B petition filing or PERM-based Green Card support, and get that commitment in writing before you accept.
Use Migrate Mate to find open roles with sponsorship history
Searching general job boards won't surface Kiewit's sponsorship track record by role. Migrate Mate filters Program Manager openings at Kiewit specifically and surfaces positions where the company has a documented pattern of supporting international candidates.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Kiewit sponsor H-1B visas for Program Managers?
Yes, Kiewit sponsors H-1B visas for Program Manager roles. The company operates across energy, power, and industrial construction projects that require experienced project leadership, and it has a history of filing H-1B petitions for qualified candidates in this function. Sponsorship is typically tied to specific project needs, so roles aligned with active capital programs are the strongest targets.
Which visa types does Kiewit commonly use for Program Manager roles?
Kiewit supports several visa categories for Program Managers, including H-1B, TN visa, and J-1 visa for temporary work authorization, and EB-2 and EB-3 immigrant visa classifications for candidates pursuing permanent residence. F-1 OPT and CPT are also utilized for candidates completing degree programs in engineering or construction management. The appropriate category depends on your nationality, degree, and employment timeline.
What qualifications does Kiewit expect for Program Manager positions?
Kiewit's Program Manager roles in energy and construction typically require a bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field, combined with direct experience managing large capital or EPC projects. Demonstrated ability to oversee scope, budget, schedule, and cross-functional teams on multi-site projects is the practical standard. PMP certification strengthens a candidacy but is rarely listed as a hard requirement.
How do I apply for Program Manager jobs at Kiewit?
You can apply directly through Kiewit's careers portal, where openings are posted by region and project type. For a faster view of roles where Kiewit has a documented sponsorship track record for Program Managers, browse listings on Migrate Mate, which aggregates positions filtered by visa sponsorship history. Tailor your application to the specific project discipline listed in the posting, as Kiewit evaluates candidates against active project requirements.
How do I plan my timeline if Kiewit is sponsoring my H-1B?
H-1B petitions are subject to the annual cap with a lottery selection process that runs in March for an October 1 start date. If you're already on OPT or a cap-exempt status, Kiewit can file outside the lottery window. Confirm whether your situation requires a cap-subject filing and build your job search timeline backward from the April lottery registration deadline to avoid gaps in work authorization.