Data Engineer 1 - Kiewit Technology Group

Kiewit; Omaha, Northern (NE, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiewit Technology Group in Omaha, NE is seeking an entry-level Data Engineer to join the Data Platform team. You will learn to build, test, and maintain pipelines moving data from sources to analytics-ready tables under experienced engineers’ guidance.

This role suits recent graduates with solid SQL, Python, and data modeling basics who are curious, detail-oriented, and able to ask questions in ambiguous situations.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science / Data Science or similar.
• SQL proficiency: basic joins, aggregations, normalization.
• Python scripting: pandas, functions, basics of OOP.
• Git/GitHub usage: version control in projects.
• Understanding of ETL/ELT and batch vs streaming concepts.
• Strong written communication for documentation.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain SQL transformations and Python scripts that support data ingestion and transformation workflows.
• Assist in building and testing ETL/ELT pipelines under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Contribute to code reviews, documentation, and testing practices that keep our data trustworthy.
• Collaborate with analysts, data architects and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and troubleshoot issues.
• Learn and apply our data stack (cloud lake house, orchestration, and transformation tooling).
• Surface blockers, ask questions, and propose solutions as part of a collaborative team.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's in CS/CE/Data Science

Tools

GitHub

DBT

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Data Engineer 1 - Kiewit Technology Group

Location: Omaha, NE, US

Requisition ID:182633

Job Level:Entry Level

Market:Corporate Home Office

Employment Type:Full Time

Position Overview

Kiewit is looking for an entry-level Data Engineer to join our Data Platform team. In this role, you’ll help build, test, and maintain the pipelines and infrastructure that move data from source systems into analytics-ready tables, working alongside experienced engineers who will mentor you as you grow into production ownership. This is a great fit for a recent graduate with strong fundamentals in SQL, Python, and data modeling who is curious, detail-oriented, and comfortable asking questions in ambiguous situations.

District Overview

Kiewit Technology Group (KTG) builds solutions to enable and support a $16 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 will be based out of our office at 12312 Port Grace Blvd, La Vista, NE 68128. This is not a remote or hybrid work opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain SQL transformations and Python scripts that support data ingestion and transformation workflows
• Assist in building and testing ETL/ELT pipelines under the guidance of senior engineers
• Contribute to code reviews, documentation, and testing practices that keep our data trustworthy
• Collaborate with analysts, data architects and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and troubleshoot issues
• Learn and apply our data stack (cloud lake house, orchestration, and transformation tooling)
• Surface blockers, ask questions, and propose solutions as part of a collaborative team

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 0-3 years of relevant experience (internships, academic/personal projects, or early-career work in data, analytics, or software)
• Demonstrable internship or project coursework experience with data, analytics and business stakeholders
• Degree in Computer Science / Computer Science & Engineering, Data Science or similar
• SQL proficiency: basic joins, aggregations, and database normalization concepts
• Python (or similar): comfortable writing scripts, using libraries like pandas, and understands functions/OOP basics
• Git/GitHub: has used version control in a class project or personal repo; understands branches/PRs at least conceptually
• Conceptual understanding of data pipelines: can explain ETL/ELT and batch vs. streaming at a high level
• Comfort with the command line and basic cloud/dev environment navigation
• Strong written communication skills for documentation and async collaboration

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to a cloud platform such as Azure, or GCP
• Familiarity with modern data tooling such as Databricks, dbt, Snowflake
• Experience with data quality or testing frameworks
• Coursework or project experience involving data warehousing or dimensional modeling

Other Requirements:

• 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.

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.

There’s no limit to what you’ll do at Kiewit. Whether you’re building or supporting projects that provide communities with dependable energy, safe transportation, clean water, or access to health care, the work you do will positively impact people’s lives for generations to come.

Here you’ll have endless opportunities to expand your expertise through on‑the‑job experience and internal and external training and development opportunities.

We offer our full-time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry.From top‑tier health care programs to employee assistance programs and retirement planning, we aim to provide you with the tools you need to be successful in the areas of life that matter most to you.

Kiewit is an equal‑opportunity employer, and we believe a diverse workforce is vital to the success of our business. We continue our efforts to attract, develop and retain employees from all backgrounds who are passionate about our industry.

We are committed to veteran and military hiring and will consider relevant military experience as equivalent to qualification requirements.