10 Kiewit engineering leaders
An executive vice president of engineering, regional engineering directors and directors of design, structures, nuclear, electrical and operations engineering hold the current roles among these Kiewit engineering leaders. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Kiewit from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Alan Donovan, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations Engineering · Kiewit
Alan Donovan has been Director of Operations Engineering at Kiewit since November 2025, based in Lenexa, Kansas, a role the profile places in Homer City, Pennsylvania at director level. Alan Donovan was Project Director at Kiewit from 2024 to 2025, Project Sponsor, Carbon Capture there from 2022 to 2024 and Project Manager from 2020 to 2022.
Brian Kearns
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director - DOE Nuclear · Kiewit
Brian Kearns has been Engineering Director - DOE Nuclear at Kiewit since March 2025, based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, with a headline naming Kiewit Nuclear Solutions. Brian Kearns was Key Contracts Manager - OC2 Project at Kiewit from 2024 to 2025 and Vice President, Project Development - Industrial there from 2021 to 2024.
Cole Lange, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Regional Engineering Director · Kiewit
Cole Lange has been Regional Engineering Director at Kiewit since May 2023, based in Houston, and has also been an Engineering Manager there since 2022. The profile says Cole Lange leads a team of engineers who provide designs for power delivery projects across the US, and Cole Lange was a Project Manager at Burns & McDonnell from 2015 to 2021.
Erica McGuire
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Kiewit
Erica McGuire has been Director of Engineering at Kiewit since November 2022, based in the Kansas City area, with a profile headline of Director of Engineering, Nuclear at Kiewit Nuclear Solutions. Erica McGuire was Estimate Manager at Kiewit Power Constructors from 2019 to 2022 and Energy Chief Electrical/Control Engineer at Black & Veatch from 2015 to 2019.
Jason Lockwood, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Design Engineering Director · Kiewit
Jason Lockwood has been Design Engineering Director at Kiewit since July 2024, based in Lenexa, Kansas, and was Design Engineering Director - Jupiter, FL Office there from 2022 to 2024. Jason Lockwood was Director of Mechanical Engineering & Design at Kiewit from 2020 to 2022 and Engineering Project Manager there from 2015 to 2020.
John Hillman, PE, SE
LinkedInExperience: Structures Engineering Director · Kiewit
John Hillman has been Structures Engineering Director at Kiewit since July 2022, based in Denver, and was Senior Structural/Bridge Engineer there from 2020 to 2022. The profile describes work on the design, construction and inspection of bridge structures, and John Hillman was Chairman & CEO of HCB, Inc. from 2008 to 2020.
Mary Graham, PE, PMP
LinkedInExperience: Regional Engineering Director · Kiewit
Mary Graham has been Regional Engineering Director at Kiewit since October 2024, based in the Denver area, and the profile describes a focus on oversight and delivery of complex industrial projects. Mary Graham was Vice President, Project Execution at Carbon America from 2022 to 2024 and Senior Project Manager at ZAP Engineering & Construction Services, Inc. from 2018 to 2022.
Mihir Patel, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Regional Engineering Director · Kiewit
Mihir Patel has been Regional Engineering Director at Kiewit since May 2023, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was Regional Engineering Manager there from 2021 to 2023. The profile describes leading design teams on high-voltage substation design projects, and Mihir Patel was Director Of Engineering at Dashiell Corporation from 2018 to 2021.
Phillip Welsh, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Engineering · Kiewit
Phillip Welsh has been Executive Vice President, Engineering at Kiewit since May 2023, based in Tonganoxie, Kansas, and was Executive Vice President, Engineering Services there from 2022 to 2023 and Vice President, Engineering Services from 2021 to 2022. Phillip Welsh was Director, Electrical & Controls Engineering and Design at Kiewit from 2011 to 2021 and Engineering Manager at Accent Controls, Inc. from 2002 to 2011.
Ryan Hatfield
LinkedInExperience: Director of Electrical and I&C Engineering and Design · Kiewit
Ryan Hatfield has been Director of Electrical and I&C Engineering and Design at Kiewit since January 2021, based in the Kansas City area. The profile says Ryan Hatfield leads that department and has worked as an Area Manager for Kiewit managing overall EPC project success, and it lists Project Manager roles at Kiewit from 2009 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2015.
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- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your current engineering role?
- 02How do you keep design work moving when construction schedules change under you?
- 03What has your own work taught you about building engineering teams that can take on unfamiliar project types?
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