Security Operations Manager

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Security Operations Manager

Location:

Omaha, NE, US

Requisition ID: 182113

Job Level: Senior Level

Home District/Group: DHO Real Estate

Department: Real Estate

Market: Corporate Home Office

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

The Security Operations Manager is responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of physical security technology deployments for new project sites. This role manages third-party consultants and vendors through installation and commissioning, develops project plans and forecasts, and ensures security systems are delivered on schedule, within budget, and in alignment with company standards.

The Security Operations Manager provides lifecycle ownership of security technology assets-from planning and deployment through project closeout, decommissioning, redeployment, and replacement planning. The role maintains visibility into security equipment inventory and asset life cycles while helping ensure new projects leverage current, effective, and supportable security technologies.

District Overview

Our home office Real Estate team supports Kiewit by ensuring the company has the right facilities, in the right locations, operating efficiently and cost‑effectively. The team manages Kiewit's portfolio of offices, yards, and project sites across North America, overseeing everything from lease strategy and financial analysis to construction coordination and vendor management. Their work enables districts and projects to operate smoothly by providing safe, functional, and well‑managed spaces that align with business needs and long‑term growth.

At Kiewit, the scale of our operations is huge. Our construction and engineering projects span across the United States, Canada and Mexico, improving and connecting communities with every initiative. We depend on our high-performing operations support professionals - they're the glue that holds multiple areas of the business together and the catalysts that make things happen. We hire only the most driven people, and we offer them diverse career opportunities, strong leadership and mentorship, rewarding, collaborative work, and responsibility they won't find just anywhere. We're always pushing new limits. You can too

Location

This is a full time in-office role located in Omaha, NE. Relocation assistance may be offered for this role. This role requires travel up to 30% of the time.

Responsibilities

Security Systems Deployment & Project Leadership

• Lead deployment of physical security technologies for new project sites from planning through commissioning and turnover.
• Coordinate consultants, integrators, vendors, project teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Define project scope, milestones, expectations, and communication plans.
• Manage project risks and resolve issues to maintain schedule and quality.

Project Planning, Forecasting & Schedule Management

• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, and deployment forecasts.
• Track progress and ensure stakeholders meet key deliverables.
• Anticipate procurement, equipment, and site readiness challenges.
• Provide updates on project status, schedules, risks, and forecasts.

Budget Planning & Cost Management

• Develop budgets and forecasts for security technology deployments and equipment.
• Monitor spending and support financial planning.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through standardization, asset reuse, and lifecycle planning.

Technology Standards & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure projects utilize reliable, supportable, and company-approved security technologies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and vendor solutions.
• Maintain deployment standards and implementation best practices.

Asset Inventory & Lifecycle Management

• Manage inventory processes for deployed, stored, reusable, and end-of-life security assets.
• Track asset condition, age, useful life, and replacement needs.
• Forecast equipment demand based on project pipeline and inventory availability.
• Support capital planning and informed purchasing decisions through lifecycle management.

Project Closeout & Equipment Disposition

• Lead technology decommissioning and project closeout activities.
• Coordinate equipment removal, transfer, storage, reuse, recycling, or disposal.
• Maintain accurate inventory records and incorporate lessons learned into future deployments.

Stakeholder Communication & Vendor Management

• Build strong relationships with project teams, consultants, integrators, vendors, and security stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings and resolve deployment challenges.
• Hold vendors accountable for scope, schedule, quality, documentation, and performance.
• Communicate project status, budget, inventory, forecasts, and risks to leadership.

Core Attributes for Success

• Strong leadership, ownership, and accountability
• Project planning, budgeting, and forecasting expertise
• Effective communicator and proactive problem solver
• Experience managing vendors, contractors, and cross-functional teams
• Technology-minded with a focus on continuous improvement
• Organized, detail-oriented, and results-driven
• Lifecycle and cost-conscious decision maker

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Security Management, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in project management, security systems deployment, systems integration, construction technology, or a related field performing similar responsibilities.
• 3+ years of experience managing teams.
• Experience managing third-party consultants, integrators, vendors, or contractors through technology installation and commissioning.
• Experience with physical security systems such as video surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, or related security technologies preferred.

Knowledge & Skills

• Proven ability to manage scope, schedule, budget, risk, and stakeholder expectations across multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong project planning, forecasting, scheduling, and reporting skills.
• Ability to develop and manage equipment inventory, lifecycle, replacement, and disposition processes.
• Strong analytical and financial planning skills, including budget forecasting and cost tracking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to travel to project sites as needed.
• Comfortable working in both office and active construction/project site environments.
• Ability to coordinate work across geographically dispersed projects and stakeholders. #LI-AK1

Other Requirements:

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

There's no limit to what you'll do at Kiewit. Whether you're building or supporting projects that provide communities with dependable energy, safe transportation, clean water, or access to health care, the work you do will positively impact people's lives for generations to come.

Here you'll have endless opportunities to expand your expertise through on-the-job experience and internal and external training and development opportunities.

We offer our full-time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry. From top-tier health care programs to employee assistance programs and retirement planning, we aim to provide you with the tools you need to be successful in the areas of life that matter most to you.

Kiewit is an equal-opportunity employer, and we believe a diverse workforce is vital to the success of our business. We continue our efforts to attract, develop and retain employees from all backgrounds who are passionate about our industry.

We are committed to veteran and military hiring and will consider relevant military experience as equivalent to qualification requirements.

Nearest Major Market: Omaha

Nearest Secondary Market: Council Bluffs

Job Segment: Real Estate, Operations Manager, Corporate Security, Project Manager, Sales, Operations, Security, Technology

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