
Sr Risk Manager
Lenexa, KSFull-timeSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Kiewit seeks a Senior Risk Manager to support its markets with insurance and risk management for projects. The role reviews contracts and insurance bids, executes insurance strategies and agreements, and manages insurance and bond requirements to support project pursuit and execution. The manager also works with district personnel, corporate departments, brokers, and carriers, and may be based in one of several listed Kiewit offices with less than 10% travel.
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Full job description
Requisition ID: 182851
Job Level: Senior Level
Home District/Group: DHO Risk Management and Insurance
Department: Risk Management
Market: Corporate Home Office
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Overview
Kiewit has recently been rated as #1 by ENR in the top 400 Contractor firms for the Transportation, Petroleum and Domestic Heavy markets. We have a strong Risk Management team with dedicated individuals that are passionate about what they do and are inspired by the challenges of today
We are seeking a Sr Risk Manager to join our team to support our 8 markets by providing insurance and risk management support for our projects. In this role, you will review, and assess contracts and insurance bid reviews, and execute insurance strategies and agreements to protect our people and assets. You can expect to support our business strategy through a programmatic approach to risk management by methodically determining, assessing, and managing our insurance and bond requirements to assist our leadership team in project pursuit and execution.
If you are passionate about insurance strategy and are skilled in negotiating the best possibly insurance programs and are motivated to collaborate with others to mitigate risk, we would love to talk with you! Be a part of a dynamic team that serves a growing business that spans across various market areas including Industrial, Oil & Gas and Petrochemical, Transportation, Water/Wastewater, Power, Mining and Vertical Building engineering and construction. You will have a wide range of responsibilities which includes supporting Kiewit District personnel, interactions with Corporate departments and others in the profession, including insurance brokers and carriers.
District Overview
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 Corporate Risk Team and 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 position can be based out of one of our major Kiewit Offices in either Omaha, Nebraska; Lenexa, Kansas; Houston or Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; and Peachtree City, GA; with some expected travel, less than 10% of the time.
Responsibilities
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Provide project insurance contract reviews, insurance and bond requirements, pricing, and other information necessary to assist operational estimating pursuits
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Assist with project contract review and negotiations as they relate to insurance and other risk management matters
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Provide support by participating in selection of and negotiation with brokers and insurance carriers
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Manage and assist projects with the investigation and settlement of builders’ risk, property and equipment claims
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Gather underwriting information and prepare specifications for insurance renewals
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Obtain project specific insurance as required by contract, including builders’ risk, pollution liability and professional liability
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Manage insurance policy extensions
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Tracking project insurance program data
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Reviewing and filing insurance policy changes
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Assist with strategic initiatives
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Special projects as assigned
Qualifications
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BS / BA Undergraduate Degree
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10 years of multi-line property casualty experience (insurance brokerage, claims adjusting, underwriting or risk management)
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Experience with Contract reviews, project insurance bid reviews, insurance and bond requirements, and pricing is preferred
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Experience in selection and negotiation processes with brokers and insurance carriers is preferred
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Engineering and construction experience is preferred
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Strong organization, time management and attention to detail
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Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, specifically Excel
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High level of motivation, willingness to learn – a go-getter willing to go the extra mile
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Team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals, and objectives
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Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
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High level of flexibility and adaptability to changing environments
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Ability to travel as needed for training, broker / carrier meetings, project sites, less than 10% of the time #LI-AK1
Other Requirements:
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Regular, reliable attendance
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Work productively and meet deadlines timely
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Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
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Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
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Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
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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.
Company: Kiewit
How this job compares
Set against the 617 open Risk Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$121–181K/yr472 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 617 open Risk Manager jobs across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Risk Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 553 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 362 of the 617 open Risk Manager jobs (59%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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