Communications & Engagement Specialist

KBR•Newark, DE

About The Position

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions is seeking a Communications & Engagement Specialist to support internal and external communications for a multi-billion-dollar greenfield pharmaceutical manufacturing project. The role helps ensure consistent, accurate, and timely communications across project teams, stakeholders, contractors, community organizations, and government entities throughout the project lifecycle. The specialist supports the project’s stakeholder communications and community relations program, coordinating outreach, community meetings, stakeholder briefings, project communications, and engagement initiatives. The role maintains stakeholder communication records, coordinates milestone notifications, assists with issue resolution and escalation management, develops communication materials, and supports the Richmond-specific Communications and Community Engagement Plan. Its goal is to promote transparency, maintain community confidence, and minimize stakeholder-related project risks. The position develops and maintains an integrated communications and stakeholder engagement plan spanning design, construction, commissioning, and startup. It prepares communications and leadership materials, supports community and workforce engagement, change management, project events, and communications across multiple channels. It also gathers feedback, measures communication effectiveness, tracks engagement performance, and recommends improvements to project leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field.
Minimum 3–7 years of experience in project communications, corporate communications, public relations, stakeholder engagement, or a related role.
Excellent written, verbal, editing, and presentation skills.
Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, Teams, and other communication and collaboration platforms.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholder groups.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting large capital projects, construction programs, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, manufacturing, or industrial environments.
Experience supporting executive communications and event coordination.
Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or other GMP-regulated facilities.
Prior experience in an Owner’s Representative or PMC role for major capital projects in excess of $500 MM TIC.
Community engagement, government relations, or public affairs support.
Experience developing digital communications, newsletters, websites, and social media content.
Experience working with EPC/EPCM project delivery organizations and owner-led capital programs.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and maintain an integrated communications and stakeholder engagement plan supporting project objectives, organizational priorities, and key milestones throughout design, construction, commissioning, and startup.
Coordinate and deliver clear, accurate, and consistent communications to project teams, leadership, and functional stakeholders through newsletters, announcements, presentations, town halls, dashboards, and digital communication platforms.
Prepare executive-level communications, briefing materials, leadership presentations, key messages, speeches, and stakeholder updates.
Support engagement with local communities, economic development organizations, educational institutions, government representatives, and other external stakeholders.
Develop and coordinate workforce engagement programs that promote collaboration, recognition, safety culture, diversity and inclusion, team-building, and employee involvement.
Partner with project leadership and functional teams on change management initiatives, including communication campaigns, stakeholder impact assessments, and engagement activities.
Plan and execute project events, milestone celebrations, site visits, leadership meetings, public forums, groundbreaking ceremonies, commissioning events, and other stakeholder engagement activities.
Create, edit, and manage communications content across articles, visual materials, presentations, videos, digital signage, intranet platforms, and social media where appropriate.
Establish ways to gather stakeholder feedback, measure communication effectiveness, track engagement performance metrics, identify improvement opportunities, and provide recommendations to project leadership.
Coordinate public outreach, community meetings, stakeholder briefings, project communications, and engagement initiatives.
Maintain stakeholder communication records, coordinate milestone notifications, assist with issue resolution and escalation management, and support implementation of the Richmond-specific Communications and Community Engagement Plan.