Design Project Manager

K&A Engineering Consulting P.C. (K&A) – is a people-first organization. We value knowledge and learning. We believe in the power of connection, and collaboration, and we seek to build relationships that mean something. We employ some of the best and brightest in our industry and we work hard to maintain a culture that our people can be proud of. Our company has earned its reputation through challenging work, uncompromising precision and continuous learning and adapting. 

K&A Engineering is a privately held, providing comprehensive consulting, engineering and design, program/project management, construction management, and support services to power utility and industrial clients. K&A's experience includes all aspects of generation, transmission, substations, distribution, energy efficiency, and distributed energy resource (DER) projects, from planning and environmental and regulatory analyses through engineering and design, construction, program management, project controls, and commissioning. The utility industry is a vast market, and K&A quickly established our name and reputation as a top-tier service provider. We were recently ranked #126 on the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies and the top engineering firm with a three-year growth rate of 3,166%.

Job Overview:

Due to Company growth, we are actively seeking an experienced Design Project Manager to join our Data Centers team remotely.

Candidates must reside in Council Bluffs, Iowa to be considered.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Facilitate planning and kickoff workshops with internal & external stakeholders
• Facilitate design reviews in partnership with external partners
• Facilitate large scale workshops as necessary
• Author scopes of work for contracts and gain buy-in from internal stakeholders
• Issue and administer contracts
• Define and track deliverables from various parties
• Track of cost, schedule, progress and scope
• Provide health reporting on cost, schedule, scope and progress
• Build optimal design teams from matrixed internal stakeholders and the strategic procurement of external partners
• Change management for project scope and design contracts
• Facilitate technical decisions in-line with project needs
• Coordinate design activities with procurement and construction
• Provide clear and transparent communication with all internal stakeholder and external partners and ensure the issuance of engineering information to the right party, at the right time, in the right format

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field
• Professional licensure (PE, NCARB, RA) is strongly preferred or Significant professional experience ( 10 years) may substitute
• Prior experience with data center design and/or construction preferred
• 7 years of experience in design and/or construction project management
• Strong understanding of construction principles and practices
• Experience managing and coordinating between teams
• Experience in the preparation of project plans, specifications
• Experience drafting scopes of work
• Experience of government regulations
• Ability to meet travel requirements: 10-30%