Project Executive – Healthcare and Commercial

KFI Engineers
Lexington, KY
Job Description
Role Overview

The Project Executive plays a key role in the successful growth of KFI's Commercial & Healthcare. They will be a trusted advisor and owner advocate, with a focus on understanding the owner's needs. The successful candidate will have a pragmatic and applied approach, while at the same time bringing a creative examination of customer needs and solutions.

What You Will Do

The Project Executive will serve as 'Project Executive' on certain larger projects or clients with multiple consecutive projects, assisting Project Managers and strategically engaging with clients. They will be responsible for the business development process, providing technical and engineering excellence, and delivering a high level of customer satisfaction.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The successful candidate will have demonstrated a strong proficiency in infrastructure design and construction for higher education, k-12, municipal, healthcare, medical, life sciences, and/or pharmaceutical facilities. They will be naturally collaborative and possess the ability to assimilate a range of ideas, programs or alternatives into a set of recommendations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
  • Minimum of 10-15+ years with a combination of hands-on technical engineering and project management experience
  • Robust technical skills and the demonstrated ability to understand and apply engineering and design principles and standards
  • Superior project management skills and operations experience within commercial and/or institutional environments
  • Construction experience, or significant time spent on a construction site
  • Experience leading infrastructure design and construction projects within one or more of the following areas: higher education, k-12, municipal, hospital, medical, life sciences, and/or pharmaceutical construction environments
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to enable effective mentoring and development of engineers and project managers
  • Demonstrate deep business acumen and ability to engage others and build credibility at a senior level
  • Experience with the business development process including meeting with prospective & current customers, scoping opportunities, writing proposals and negotiating contracts
  • Active experience participating in industry conferences, research activities, and various business development meetings
  • Professional Engineer (PE) certification or willingness to pursue this designation
  • Demonstrated leadership and supervisory or people-management experience

Benefits

  • Health, dental and vision insurance coverage
  • Virtual health services
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) & Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) for HDHP enrollees with KFI contributions
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • 401(k) plan
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance, life and AD&D insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Time Off to include Earned Sick and Safe Time in accordance with state laws
  • Paid Volunteer Time Off
  • Company Paid Holidays
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Bereavement Leave
  • Voluntary benefits offered include life, accident, critical illness coverage
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