Construction Management - Principal of Cost Engineering

Construction Management - Principal of Cost Engineering

This is a Flexible (or Hybrid) position and must be based in a KP regional location (NCAL, SCAL, HI, WA, OR, CO, Atlanta GA, VA, MD, or D.C.).

Job Summary:

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is responsible for conducting strategic planning to ensure the success of a full range of professional estimating/cost engineering and project control duties of diverse and complex scope; using innovative logic to develop and prepare conceptual construction cost and budget estimates for all phases of construction; and providing professional guidance and support to Facilities Design and Construction project team members to determine the preliminary cost and feasibility of highly-complex maintenance and renovation projects; developing, implementing, and updating standard estimating means and methods through the Desktop Estimating Procedures, Estimating Template, CSI units listing and definitions; provides expert consultation to develop conceptual construction cost and budget estimates for all phases of construction (i.e., development and analysis of unit hour/pricing data, estimating material cost, man-hours and revisions to existing buildings mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems); and proving long-term plans for the performance of pricing structure development and application to takeoffs, derived quantities, quantity assumption, and cost allowances within a discipline or other specialty.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influences, mentors, and coaches team members. Practices self-leadership; creates, evaluates, and responds to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit or team members. Leads the adaptation to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members.
• Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying member and operational needs; translates business strategy into actionable business requirements; develops and updates new procedures and policies. Gains cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves highly complex issues; escalates and resolves issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates, obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
• Supports construction operations by: developing advanced strategies and concepts to provide strategic guidance, coordination, and consultation with the support team; using judgment and discretion to drive innovative solutions to resolve highly complex problems (e.g., on-site assessments); and serving as an internal expert and advisor to field teams, executive management, and KP service areas/regions.
• Supports with construction deliverables by: overseeing the delivery of large-scale, highly complex projects with responsibility and accountability for project outcomes from initiation to close-out; developing, analyzing, integrating, and executing project plans which include scope identification and delivery, schedules, inter-dependencies, and resource forecasts; executing and monitors the project financials; monitoring project performance against plan, ensuring measurement of business benefits and outcomes, and makes adjustments as needed; leading project activities related to organizational change management (e.g., development and execution of user adoption, implementation, and training plans) as defined by the project; and developing and executing the establishment and management of proper project management practices in regard to allocation of resources, schedules and task assignments.
• Contributes to vendor relationship management by: overseeing vendor assessment and analytics processes (e.g., identifying process improvement opportunities, developing content for department podcasts) and independently managing a variety of vendor relationships; obtaining advanced research knowledge on market trends and materials escalations from vendor and reporting to team leadership; and identifying impactful, widely-applicable process improvements that increase efficiency and effectiveness of vendor assessment.
• Provides KP compliance consultation by: developing and implementing quality assurance and evaluation programs to ensure technical systems and processes are used and maintained in a manner that ensures compliance with all relevant regulations and standards; and reviewing means, methods, and practices across the program in order to provide technical input and validate consistency in compliance with relevant government, accreditation, and industry standards and initiatives, and ensure appropriate KP image is maintained.
• Contributes to the management of knowledge and documents by: overseeing professional and/or technical knowledge management practices, and supporting a culture of continuous learning; driving the evolution of template documents for continuous improvement; and overseeing training content and efficacy and knowledge management practices to increase knowledge of the organizations solution.
• Supports the use of data and metrics throughout construction management process by: providing oversight for data gathering practices, and providing expert consultation with functional leadership to plan and scope future efforts (e.g., building the business case, timeline, resources required); and utilizing expert knowledge of metrics to monitor and improve upon their own performance, and the performance across teams.