Senior Project Manager – Contingency

KBR, Inc.

Senior Project Manager overseeing contractor operations at military facilities for KBR. Leading safety compliance, program management, and workforce management for U.S.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeTexarkana • Alabama, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ensuring employees (prime and sub-contracted) at all sites adhere to KBR’s policies and procedures including Health Safety, and Environmental compliance.
Lead, promote, and ensure strong safety culture by incorporating and enforcing KBR’s Zero Harm values.
Program monitoring and reporting to business unit leadership and the customer at each site, including the use of tools such as organizational charts, staffing curves, performance metrics, and dashboards, both in SharePoint, and by other means.
Execution of work as required by the PWS, to the specifications determined by the US Government.
Execution of the program within budget and costs are strictly managed.
Ensures compliance with ISO 9001:2015 standards as they pertain to the entire program.
Management and administration of KBR’s management operating systems, including KBR Performance Excellence (KPEX).
Manage a Union/Non-Union workforce of ~1200 FTEs.
Manage a subcontract workforce with which augments the KBR workforce.
Ensuring all sites are staffed as required, manage retention, recognition, and employee incentive programs.
Mobilization and demobilization transitions.
Administration of a training program and training records management to ensure workforce meets all job requirements as specified by both KBR and the USG.
Develops and maintains a strong effective relationship with the customer acting as primary interface for administration of the contract.
Participates in planning processes with customer providing input on matters related to the responsibility inherent in the contract.
Manages complex deliverable, production, and staffing schedules.
Ensures submission of required reports and CDRL reports to the customer and receives required reports from site managers and program management staff.
Manages the process of compiling, analyzing and interpreting statistical data related to contract operations and initiates and manages corrective actions.
Ensures audits are performed at the site level to ensure all policies procedures and quality safety and environmental standards are followed.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Must be able to obtain and maintain local base access.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a favorable Common Access Card (CAC) issuance.
Possesses a valid state motor vehicle license and valid US Passport.
Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics Management, Production Management, Operations Management, or Business Management or engineering field (e.g. Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Electrical Engineering).
Applicable specialized military or military contracting experience can be used in lieu of formal post high school education on a one-to-one basis.
12 Years of experience in a related field with 7 years in a management or supervisory capacity.
Required to obtain and maintain SECRET Clearance (Current or Prior).
Demonstrated experience managing program annual operating budget in excess of $400M/year.
Must be able / willing to deploy CONUS/OCONUS in support of the contract.
This role requires proficiency in the Microsoft suite of products.

Benefits

Comp & perks

401K plan with company match
medical
dental
vision
life insurance
AD&D
flexible spending account
disability
paid time off
flexible work schedule
career advancement through professional training and development

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Hard Skills & Tools

program managementbudget managementstatistical data analysistraining program administrationISO 9001:2015 compliancesafety compliancecontract administrationperformance metricsstaffing managementmilitary contracting experience

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationrelationship managementorganizational skillsproblem-solvingteam managementemployee retentionrecognition programsplanningcorrective action management

Certifications

SECRET Clearancevalid state motor vehicle licensevalid US Passport