UX Designer - Kiewit Technology Group

Requisition ID: 170563 

Job Level: Mid Level 

Home District/Group: DHO Information Technology Group 

Department: Technology Group 

Market: Corporate Home Office 

Employment Type: Full Time 

Position Overview

The UX Designer is responsible for delivering user centered designs and education to KTG enterprise and advocates for UX/UI team vision for new or existing digital products from the Kiewit Technology Group. This role works closely with the UX Research, Product, Project, and Software Engineering teams to ensure an effective user centered design process is followed throughout the software development lifecycle.

District Overview

Kiewit Technology Group (KTG) builds solutions to enable and support a $12.5 billion company. Our mission is to deliver project schedule and cost certainty by employing technology designed by and for the construction industry. Our team deploys technology solutions to the field and home office departments that increase profitability by maximizing the way we use our people and resources in daily operations. KTG uses systems and tools that manage every part of Kiewit’s business and lifecycle of a project to improve planning and day-to-day execution in the field by giving our people real-time data to make faster, smarter decisions. When you join KTG, you will make an impact on the critical work we do every day. 
 

Location

This position is located at 12720 I Street, Omaha, NE

Responsibilities

•Initiates and maintains collaborative relationships with all members of the team.
•Develops, maintains, and strengthens partnerships with others inside or outside the organization who can provide information, assistance, and support.
•Effectively communicates verbal, written, and designed content.
•Demonstrates ability to establish and meet deadlines or commitments while managing expectations, along with escalating and communicating any risks in a timely manner.
•Initiates and solicits input from the Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, and UX Researcher to assist with designing the most effective user interface design.
•Investigates and adopts different and new ways of doing things and willing to modify one’s preferred way of doing things.
•Produces and documents appropriate UX deliverables such as service blueprints, process diagrams, personas, empathy maps, prioritization grids, wireframes, site maps, and user flows.
•Facilitates user-centered discovery activities including workshops, mapping exercises, and UX/UI deliverable definition.
•Partners with UX Researcher to represent the voice of the end user ensuring intuitive design, end user adoption and engagement with solutions.
•Critically analyzes and interprets information collected from UX research from stakeholders, requirements gathering consultation, end users, and external data to make recommendations to UI and functional design.
•Creates compelling design mockups, prototypes, and wireframes that convey intuitiveness and usability across multiple complex applications.
•Documents and catalogs all design iterations of UI artifacts, specifications, mockups, wireframes, and prototypes.
•Partners with architects and developers to convey UI Design in a way that translates into technical solution options.
•Demonstrates an attention to detail in everyday work and communication outputs.

Qualifications

•Demonstrated practice of User Centered Design (UCD) and creation of UX deliverables (site maps, user flows, personas) required.
•Demonstrated UX/Design Thinking facilitation skills such as Design Sprints or Workshops.
•Ability to synthesize and articulate complex concepts targeted at multiple audiences.
•Effectively communicates verbal, written, and designed content.
•Willingness to travel approximately less than 10%.

Bonus Points:
•Degree in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience Design or equivalent professional training / experience preferred.
•Experience in enterprise-wide product solutions preferred.
•Background in Social Sciences/ Business / Visual Design a plus.
•Will also consider candidates with degree in Design or Visual Communication.
•Experience with prototyping software such as Figma, Sketch, or Axure.

Other Requirements:

• Regular, reliable attendance 
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work a