Entry-Level Electrical Engineer – Industrial & Water Projects

Kiewit; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering in Lenexa, KS is seeking an early career Electrical Engineer to develop and detail electrical designs for industrial and water projects. You will perform load calculations, coordinate studies, and contribute to technical reports with a growing team.

This entry-level role emphasizes learning, applying standards, and using CAD tools like AutoCAD and MicroStation while expanding knowledge of ETAP and design software, with opportunities to advance within a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
• Master's degree is preferred.
• GPA above 3.0 preferred.
• 0-2 years of experience in electrical design for Industrial and/or Water projects.
• 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.

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.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Power systems

Written communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (ABET-accredited)

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

ETAP

MS Office

Job description

Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering in Lenexa, KS is seeking an early career Electrical Engineer to develop and detail electrical designs for industrial and water projects. You will perform load calculations, coordinate studies, and contribute to technical reports with a growing team.

This entry-level role emphasizes learning, applying standards, and using CAD tools like AutoCAD and MicroStation while expanding knowledge of ETAP and design software, with opportunities to advance within a