Senior Engineer

KCL Engineering - Your Best Career Move

Shape the Future with KCL as our next Senior Engineer.

At KCL Engineering, we don’t just design systems—we create an environment where our employees thrive. Flexibility, empowerment, and innovation define our workplace. Our award-winning culture fosters growth, celebrates success, and ensures work is fun. From holiday parties, summer boat days, and family outings to impactful community projects, we make every day count.

This is a unique opportunity for a leadership position in our target market of Texas. We are seeking a motivated leader to direct our MEPT team’s growth and development efforts, with special emphasis on the healthcare and higher-ed markets. This is a Principal-track position with potential ownership opportunities within the first several years.

Here’s what you’ll love about working at KCL:

• Generous PTO and flexible schedules.
• 100% paid medical insurance premiums.
• Premium dental, vision, and health savings account contributions.
• 401(k) with company contributions.
• Company-paid disability and life insurance.
• Parental leave and paid holiday shutdown in December.

What We Value at KCL

Do you share KCL’s values and thrive in a supportive, innovative environment?

• Growth-minded Innovators who solve problems creatively, and want to grow themselves and the business.
• Natural Team Players ready to collaborate and grow.
• Motivated Experts dedicated to delivering exceptional outcomes for teammates and clients

Essential Duties

• Responsible for leadership and direction of Iowa City office operations
• Supervise staff within the office and perform periodic performance and goal-setting reviews
• Promote teamwork and camaraderie, maintain culture and positive office environment
• Coordinate billing projections and invoicing with project managers and the accounting department
• Participate in company management and leadership activities
• Lead weekly office meetings and participate in team meetings
• Keep a pulse on the capabilities and capacity of team members to help make the best decisions for the team
• Assist in the recruitment of new staff
• Maintain existing relationships and develop new client relationships
• Direct and coordinate business development and proposal activity
• Coordinate with office/regional team leads on resource scheduling
• Act as the main point of contact for clients
• Ensure quality control reviews are performed for all projects 
• Act as a mentor for junior staff
• Participate in department activities
• Advise and assist in the creation and maintenance of design standards and technical resources
• Serve as engineer of record and lead design activity on selected projects
• Manage full MEPT design team on select projects

Required Knowledge/Abilities

• Independent judgments such as setting task priorities, evaluating results, coordinating with others, etc.
• Skills in understanding, explaining, teaching, and influencing people are important to achieving job objectives, causing action, or understanding in others
• Requires in-depth knowledge of own discipline (electrical, mechanical, or technology) and a knowledge of construction in general.
• Requires the ability to integrate theoretical and practical information and apply that information to construction projects
• Excellent communication and human relation skills
• Ability to solve a variety of complex problems where only limited standardization exists, or in the absence of technical guidelines or precedents
• Requires a commitment to quality and teamwork

Education/Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• PE License (preferred)
• Ten years of progressively responsible experience in mechanical or electrical consulting engineering
• History of leadership roles such as a project manager, team lead, department supervisor, mentor, etc.

If you're still reading and are more excited about MEP work than ever, congratulations, you're already our kind of person. So what are you waiting for? Send in that application!