West Region Capital Project Manager

KRC Corporation • Tangent, OR

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About The Position

The CAPEX Project Manager oversees high-impact strategic capital projects across every business line and state in the West Region, partnering with corporate, regional, and state-level leadership and third-party vendors to keep investment on scope, within budget, and on schedule. The role partners with the Regional Asset Manager on capital budgeting and forecasting, from initial planning through execution.

This newly created role establishes a consistent, region-wide approach to strategic capital project delivery. During the first year, the manager will build a project playbook covering cost estimating, scheduling, and delivery, serve as a consistent point of contact for states’ highest-impact capital work, and help move projects from planning into execution.

The role requires financial acumen, sound project-planning judgment, and the ability to build structure where no established process exists. The manager must earn alignment across state teams and vendors without formal authority, communicate project status and risk clearly to leadership, and maintain Knife River’s safety standards. Travel across the West Region is required as project work demands.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 10 or more years of capital construction project management experience in mining, materials processing, or heavy civil operations.
• Experience overseeing or coordinating capital construction projects across multiple sites, states, or business units.
• Experience partnering on capital budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Strong estimating and scheduling skills, including the ability to manage timelines and budgets across concurrent projects.
• Strong decision-making, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to perform effectively in high-production, deadline-driven environments.
• Financial acumen in capital budgeting, forecasting, and cost tracking.
• Ability to scope and plan capital projects, translating early-stage ideas into realistic timelines, budgets, and construction approaches.
• Ability to establish structure and consistency where processes or precedent do not yet exist.
• Ability to earn trust and alignment across state teams and vendors without formal authority.
• Ability to work across capital strategy and construction execution, and communicate project status, risk, and financial performance to regional and corporate leadership.
• Sound safety judgment and ability to hold projects and partners to Knife River’s safety standards.

Nice To Haves

• PMP or CCM certification, or actively working toward one.
• Experience across multiple construction materials business lines, such as aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete, or asphalt.
• History of establishing standardized processes or practices in a new or growing program.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements, including MSHA, OSHA, EPA, and DNR.
• Experience coordinating vendor and contractor performance across project teams.
• Proficiency with project management and scheduling software such as MS Project or Primavera.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Regional Asset Manager to shape the region’s capital budget and forecast, track spending against plan, and report progress.
• Build the region’s consistent playbook for cost estimating, scheduling, and project delivery.
• Lead the region’s highest-impact capital projects from initial planning through final delivery, ensuring they stay on budget and schedule.
• Define project scope, timelines, resource needs, and construction approaches before work begins.
• Track project progress and adjust plans as conditions change.
• Connect state-level execution with regional and corporate capital strategy and serve as a point of contact for states’ major projects.
• Provide regional leadership with regular reporting on project status, risks, and progress.
• Resolve technical and construction issues with project staff and engineering teams.
• Partner with state project teams to coordinate vendor and contractor performance and align costs and schedules with regional standards.
• Maintain Knife River’s safety standards across projects and travel throughout the West Region as project demands require.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior