Structural Engineer Intern - Kiewit Power Engineering (Summer 2026)

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

• Category: Structural Engineering

Description

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Position Overview

Kiewit Power Engineering is seeking a Structural Engineer Intern. 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 engineering markets. Our combined staff of more than 1,300 engineers and design professionals have expertise that spans all major engineering disciplines to serve transportation, power, water/wastewater, mining, building, and oil, gas & chemical markets. Backed by 130 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 Power district, which includes structural, civil, piping, mechanical, process, process safety, electrical, instrument and control disciplines, is a multi-faceted division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the EPC delivery model for power facilities. We offer a variety of engineering services, including owner's engineering, project development, detailed engineering and design, construction management and plant services. Our engineering teams bring power projects to life across North America in the following areas:

Gas-fired generation

Power delivery

Environmental retrofits

Renewables and new technology

Water/wastewater

Location

This position is based out of our Lenexa, KS office.

Responsibilities

•    Close to moderate supervision by a more experienced engineer.

•    Develops familiarity with departmental design standards, applicable engineering codes and Kiewit Power Engineers policies, guidelines and standards.

•    Understands, contributes to, and adheres to the Kiewit Power Engineers Quality Plan requirements and objectives.

•    Prepares basic engineering calculations and following standard methods and principles used in similar engineering analyses.

•    Prepares basic design sketches for drafting and incorporation into final plans.

•    Calculates cost and quantity estimates for project based on analysis of collected data.

•    Assists in checking of various Kiewit Power Engineers calculations, prepared drawings and documents as assigned and within established guidelines.

•    May inspect construction site to monitor progress and ensure conformance to engineering drawings, specifications, and construction.

•    Checks vendor's drawings for structural construction commodities.

•    Submits lessons learned to the Kiewit Power Engineers database.

•    Communicates with other disciplines to coordinate design interfacing issues.

Qualifications

•    Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in civil or architectural engineering (with Structural emphasis) or Structural Engineering from an ABET accredited college or university.

•    GPA above 3.0 preferred

•    Completed a fundamental of structural analysis course which includes computer application.

•    Completed a strength of materials course with statics and dynamics application.

•    Completed fundamentals of steel design course and/or fundamentals of concrete design course.

•    Should be comfortable with the use of basic spreadsheet, database, and word processing programs.

•    Must be familiar with basic structural analysis software, engineering software, and basic CADD software for reviewing drafter’s work.

•    Highly desirable that the individual will have specific knowledge of SAP2000, Mathcad, and Navisworks.

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.

May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

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.

Company

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Kiewit

Kiewit is one of North America's largest and most respected construction and engineering organizations. With its roots dating back to 1884, the employee-owned company operates through a network of offices and projects in the United States, Canada and Australia. Kiewit offers construction and engineering services in a variety of markets including transportation, water/wastewater, power, oil, gas and chemical, building and mining. Kiewit had 2013 revenues of more than $11.8 billion and employs more than 33,000 staff and craft employees.

Kiewit’s ethical, forward-thinking workforce continues to build upon the company’s reputation of safe, high-quality engineering. Consistently ranked among the top five of the Engineering News-Record Top 400 Contractors, our company is a leader in a variety of market sectors throughout North America and, most recently, Australia.

As an employee-owned company, Kiewit’s assets are managed by the people who know our work best. For us, business is personal. As our own stakeholders, we are invested in every project we take on. We continuously strive to build high-quality work at the lowest cost.

Our philosophy on safety is simple: Nobody Gets Hurt. Knowing that one lapse in judgment can lead to catastrophic events, the safety of the men and women on our job sites and the community that surrounds our projects is always first.

Kiewit never stands still. Just as our founders relentlessly chased their dream, we continue to chase new and exciting opportunities.