Electrical Engineer Intern: Design & Standards Growth

Kiewit Corporation; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering is seeking an Electrical Engineer Intern based in Lenexa, KS. This position supports establishing, maintaining, and improving company standards and tools, and contributes to project success with knowledge of design documentation and layout practices.

The role emphasizes growth, flexibility in assignments, and development of technical and professional skills within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Pursuing Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited institution.
• GPA above 3.0 preferred.
• Must be able to communicate through emails, phone, and in-person, and utilize electronic meeting requests.
• Must have a working knowledge of spreadsheets, databases and PDF software.

Responsibilities

• Reports project progress updates and/or issues to Lead Engineer as required.
• Applies engineering judgement to daily tasks.
• Works with a multi-discipline team to review and understand client operational and business needs; specifies equipment and contributes to design decisions that meets those needs.
• Gains a comprehensive understanding of departmental design standards, applicable engineering codes, and Kiewit guidelines; provide suggestions and recommendations as needed.
• Reviews vendor and other Discipline drawings for relevant Electrical information.
• Develops sketches to accompany concept documentation.
• Maintains master specification and drawing sets with current revisions for the electrical and controls design drawings.
• Participates in project meetings as required.
• Checks design for consistency, safety, operability and maintenance requirements.
• Reviews checked drawings, reviews and understands comments made.
• Familiar with basic computer operation, and should have had at least introductory computer programming courses as well as the ability to learn to use Electrical department design software tools.
• Completes miscellaneous tasks to support project development.

Skills

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (ABET)

Tools

Spreadsheets

Databases

PDF software

Job description

Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering is seeking an Electrical Engineer Intern based in Lenexa, KS. This position supports establishing, maintaining, and improving company standards and tools, and contributes to project success with knowledge of design documentation and layout practices.

The role emphasizes growth, flexibility in assignments, and development of technical and professional skills within a multidisciplinary team.