RAMS Specialist

Position Overview

We are seeking a RAMS Specialist to join our Systems Assurance Team with expertise in RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety). The candidate will work closely with our Systems Assurance Director and Systems Integration Leads and the broader Integrative Engineering and Technology Solutions (IETS) Team on the delivery of an expanding portfolio of complex infrastructure projects.

The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, safety, operations, and maintenance teams to ensure system performance, risk, and lifecycle objectives are clearly defined, assessed, and achieved throughout the project lifecycle.

Apply RAMS processes, methods, and techniques across project activities in accordance with client requirements and applicable rules, regulations, and standards; support RAMS process compliance; define and manage RAMS requirements for system designs and interfaces; and perform design reviews, verifications, and technical studies to demonstrate conformance with RAMS requirements.

The position offers scope for personal skill development, especially in relation to expanding RAMS and security expertise within an Infrastructure Engineering team, while also providing opportunities to interface and present with industry professionals. The candidate will be directly mentored by experts in the field as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, exposing the candidate to a wide variety of technical aspects from O&M, Power Systems, Highway and Traffic Controls Systems, Transportation Technologies and Civil Infrastructure / Building Systems.

2025 ENR National Contractor Rankings #1 for Transportation and #3 Top 100 design build firms

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering seamlessly transitions solutions from design to construction through the collaborative efforts of Design Engineering, Design Management, Proposals, Estimating, and Integrated Project Controls. Our construction‑focused engineering approach involves a multidisciplinary team working together to maximize 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. As an in‑house resource, we support projects across the company, in all major markets, sharing experiences, innovative concepts, and best practices. Kiewit’s management and implementation of this process result in safe, cost‑effective, and innovative designs that exceed client expectations and uphold Kiewit’s legacy of excellence.

This position is based out of our Lone Tree, CO office with travel to other offices and project sites in US and Canada.

• Develop and maintain RAMS plans, strategies, and lifecycle deliverables in alignment with project, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Perform and support RAM analyses, including FMECA/FMEA, Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs), availability and maintainability assessments, failure‑rate analysis, and MTTR evaluations.
• Review and assess system and subsystem designs for RAMS implications, compliance, and alignment with performance requirements.
• Support RAMS requirements allocation, interface management, and verification activities across system architectures and supplier boundaries.
• Support the development and apportionment of project‑level RAMS performance targets to system, subsystem, and component levels using structured methods such as Reliability Block Diagrams, FMECA, and analytical modelling, ensuring alignment with contractual requirements and design intent.
• Contribute RAM‑related inputs to Engineering Safety Cases, assurance reports, and lifecycle documentation, ensuring consistency with overall project assurance objectives.
• Review and interpret contractual RAMS, performance, and security requirements, supporting compliance and traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Perform reliability prediction modelling for infrastructure and interfacing…