Communications System Engineer

Requisition : 180926

Job Level: Mid Level

Employment Type: Full Time

Location(s): Lone Tree, CO;
Chicago, IL;
McLean, VA

The Intermediate Communications System Engineer guides junior members and takes a technical support role for senior engineer and manages the third-party engineering contractors for successful delivery and completion of projects.

The Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers District seamlessly transitions solutions from design to construction, collaborating among Design Engineering, Design Management, Proposals, Estimating, and Integrated Project Controls. Our construction-focused engineering approach involves a multidisciplinary team that maximizes value for clients by improving schedules, controlling costs, and minimizing risk on infrastructure projects. This integrated strategy emphasizes collaboration and constructability throughout the project lifecycle, enabling us to identify and implement quality solutions with a strong safety focus.

Clients benefit from Kiewit’s proven processes and tools, which minimize project risk. Our in‑house resource supports projects across the company, in all major markets, sharing experience, innovative concepts, and best practices. Kiewit’s management and implementation of these processes results in safe, cost‑effective, and innovative designs that exceed client expectations and uphold Kiewit’s legacy of excellence.

• Support senior engineers for all facets of communications system engineering effort
• Support developing the scope of work for communications system engineering tasks
• Develop and maintain company’s Standard Operating Procedure and Design Manual (SYSOP-DM) documents for supporting manager
• Maintain Communication Lab, including building training procedures and testing procedures to meet Lab training and testing requirements
• Build and maintain training materials for juniors and/or new teams
• Support senior engineer or manager for related schedules and budgets for assigned project elements; monitor progress against schedule and budget requirements; identify and document changes in scope
• Support determining the applicable scope of work for procurement of materials and equipment, procurement schedules and budgets for assigned project buy‑outs; monitor progress to maintain those procurements; interface with procurement and subcontract personnel to facilitate the bid process
• Support senior engineer for coordinating work among other discipline leads towards successful deliverables and completion of projects
• Prepare and/or review technical reports and documentation of activity for the client and project management
• Produce detail design plans for all communications and network systems to support the communications related equipment
• Perform studies to support the deployment of various communications systems
• Support managing third‑party subcontractors to complete necessary detail design communication activities
• Ability to select technology, devices, equipment and/or components to meet performance requirements
• Provide guidance for Junior Engineer/Designers and subcontracting arrangements as well as evaluate estimated design costs
• Experience working with AI agents and tools preferred
• Other supporting tasks deemed necessary by the senior leadership

• Ability to travel as business requires (estimated 10~15%)
• Minimum 2 to 4 years of progressive work experience and thorough understanding of the following:
• Communications system design and construction, including network backbone, fiber optic network, network architecture and configuration, public address, passenger information system, CCTV, IP‑PBX system, access control system, maintenance management system, AFC (Automatic Fare Collection), radio system, network interface with safety‑critical and auxiliary systems
• Regulations and standards for communications system design, operation, and maintenance
• Communications system project and/or construction management
• Engineering and contract management
• Systems integration management
• Intermediate understanding of other subsystems such as train control, supervisory control/SCADA, traction power, tunnel ventilation, and auxiliary…