Electrical Engineer - Industrial & Water Engineering

Electrical Engineer - Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering

Location:

Lenexa, KS, US

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.

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 Micro Station
• 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

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. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.