Sponsor- Kiewit Water Facilities South District

Kiewit•Westlake, TX

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sponsor has overall accountability for one or more major water and wastewater construction projects within Kiewit Water Facilities South District. This senior leader provides executive direction, protects the business case, and ensures projects are safely delivered in alignment with contractual commitments, client expectations, quality standards, schedule, and financial objectives. The Sponsor serves as the primary connection between the project team, district leadership, clients, partners, and key decision-makers. The role supports the Project Manager while retaining authority for strategic decisions, issue escalation, resource alignment, and overall project outcomes. Kiewit Water Facilities South District delivers complex water and wastewater treatment, conveyance, pumping, and related infrastructure projects, including data centers. The position is based in Westlake, Texas.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related discipline from an accredited four-year college or university.
15 or more years of progressive experience in heavy civil construction, including significant leadership responsibility on large, complex projects.
Demonstrated experience leading multi-million-dollar contracts with accountability for operations, project administration, safety, quality, financial performance, client relations, and project delivery.
Experience with water or wastewater treatment facilities, pump stations, conveyance systems, process mechanical scopes, or comparable self-perform heavy civil work.
Strong knowledge of construction contracts, project controls, cost forecasting, scheduling, risk management, change management, and claims avoidance.
Ability to communicate effectively with craft professionals, project teams, executive leadership, clients, designers, and external partners.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and project control or administration systems.
Regular, reliable attendance; ability to meet deadlines and communicate and interact professionally in individual or team settings.
Ability to perform work safely and effectively and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
Ability to work during normal operating hours, with overtime and weekends as required, and at various locations with varying conditions.

Responsibilities

Champion the project across the organization and communicate its business purpose, value, priorities, and performance expectations.
Provide executive leadership, business expertise, and guidance to the Project Manager and broader project leadership team.
Serve as the link between project execution, district leadership, the client, joint-venture or teaming partners, and management decision-making groups.
Maintain overall accountability for project safety, quality, financial performance, schedule, client satisfaction, and contractual compliance.
Ensure the business need remains valid, appropriately prioritized, properly launched, and financially viable throughout the project life cycle.
Approve the project organization, governance model, key roles, reporting structure, execution strategy, and major deliverables.
Oversee project controls, forecasting, risk and opportunity management, change management, commercial strategy, and executive reporting.
Make or elevate decisions that exceed the Project Manager’s authority, including decisions involving resources, priorities, risk, and contractual matters.
Lead or support executive project reviews and require timely recovery plans when performance deviates from established targets.
Resolve conflicts, remove organizational barriers, and address competing priorities that could affect safe and successful delivery.
Build trusted relationships with owners, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, community stakeholders, and internal business partners.
Ensure project teams follow applicable safety policies, quality requirements, environmental commitments, ethics standards, and company procedures.
Recognize and respond to changing business conditions, owner priorities, regulatory requirements, market conditions, or other circumstances that may affect project execution.
Develop project leaders and support succession planning, talent development, and a high-performance team culture.
Maintain regular, reliable attendance; work productively and meet deadlines; communicate professionally and effectively; and perform work safely while following instructions, warning signs, equipment-use requirements, and company policies.
Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within deadlines, including overtime and weekends as required; work at various locations where conditions may vary.