Electrical Engineer - Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering

Kiewit; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 58,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier medical plans

Dental plans

Vision plans

Retirement plans with matching

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering seeks an entry-level Electrical Engineer for our Lenexa, Kansas office. You will support design standards, tools, and project tasks while growing your technical skills in a collaborative environment.

This early career role focuses on learning, applying engineering judgment, and contributing to detailed electrical designs, reports, and drawings across industrial projects. Local travel may be required as projects progress.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited institution
• Master's Degree preferred
• GPA above 3.0 preferred
• 0–2 years of experience in electrical design for Industrial/Water projects
• EIT preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in CAD software (AutoCAD, MicroStation)
• Proficient in MS Office suite
• Ability to travel as needed by business requirements

Responsibilities

• Develops preliminary and detail electrical designs for industrial and water projects
• Performs load calculations and coordination studies using engineering software (ETAP)
• Develops technical reports and white papers
• Provides project progress updates to Lead Engineer
• Reviews vendor and discipline drawings for electrical information
• Maintains master drawing sets and specifications
• Participates in project meetings and checks design for safety and operability

Skills

Electrical design

CAD software (AutoCAD, MicroStation)

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (ABET accredited)

Master's Degree preferred

EIT preferred

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

MS Office

ETAP

Job description

Requisition ID: 181747

Job Level: Entry Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering

Department: Design Engineering

Market: Industrial

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering is seeking an Early Career Electrical Engineer for the Lenexa, Kansas office. We are looking for ideal candidates to grow the Kiewit team by helping establish, maintain, and improve company standards and tools while also utilizing these standards and tools to contribute to project success. Candidates shall be familiar with current drawing and technical tools, programs, and software with an understanding of design documentation creation and layouts. Candidates shall be capable of exhibiting flexibility in work assignments while maintaining a growth mindset and continuing to develop in their technical and professional career.

District Overview

Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc is a full-service consulting and engineering firm serving the infrastructure and energy markets. Our combined staff of more than 3,700 engineers and design professionals have expertise that spans all major engineering disciplines to serve industrial, transportation, power, water, mining, marine, building and oil, gas & chemical markets. Backed by over 140 years of construction experience, our construction-driven engineering focuses on constructability and safety in the earliest phases of projects to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery.

Our rapidly growing Industrial and Water Engineering Group, which includes electrical, controls, mechanical, process, structural and architectural disciplines, is a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on EPC and design-build delivery. The Industrial Group projects span markets such as advanced technologies; mining, minerals and metals; process industries; industrial energy; drinking water; wastewater treatment and biosolids; desalination; and industrial water.

Location

This position is based in our Lenexa, KS office.

Responsibilities

• Develops preliminary engineering design and detail engineering design for industrial and water projects
• Performs load calculations and coordination study for facility electrical systems utilizing engineering software, like ETAP
• Develops technical reports and white paper
• 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited institution
• Master's Degree is preferred
• GPA above 3.0 preferred
• 0-2 years of experience working on electrical design for Industrial and/or Water projects
• EIT (Engineer in Training) is preferred
• Great written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in CAD software, like AutoCAD and MicroStation
• Proficient in MS Office suite.
• Ability to travel as business requires

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.

Benefits

• top-tier medical plans covering eligible employees and dependents
• dental plans covering eligible employees and dependents
• vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents
• voluntary wellness programs
• employee assistance programs
• life insurance
• disability
• retirement plans with matching
• generous paid time off

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.