Structural Engineer Intern - Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering (Summer 2025)

Kiewit Corporation - Lenexa, KS

Full-time - Intern

Lenexa, KS

1,001-5,000 employees

Construction of Buildings

About the position

Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering is seeking a Structural Engineer Intern for the Lenexa, Kansas office. This internship is designed for candidates who are eager to grow within the Kiewit team by helping to establish, maintain, and improve company standards and tools. Interns will utilize these standards and tools to contribute to project success. Ideal candidates should be familiar with current drawing and technical tools, programs, and software, and possess an understanding of design documentation creation and layouts. The role requires flexibility in work assignments while maintaining a growth mindset and a commitment to developing both technical and professional skills. Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc is a full-service consulting and engineering firm that serves the infrastructure and engineering markets. With a staff of over 1,300 engineers and design professionals, Kiewit has expertise across all major engineering disciplines, catering to sectors such as transportation, power, water/wastewater, mining, and oil, gas & chemical markets. The Industrial and Water Engineering Group is rapidly growing and includes various disciplines such as mechanical, process, electrical, controls, structural, architectural, geotechnical, and civil engineering. This division focuses on EPC and design-build delivery of industrial projects in markets like Food & Beverage, Consumer Products, Heavy Manufacturing, and Utilities, emphasizing best-in-class technical expertise and safety in project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develops familiarity with departmental design standards, applicable engineering codes and Kiewit Industrial Engineers policies, guidelines and standards.
• Understands, contributes to, and adheres to the Kiewit Industrial Engineers Quality Plan requirements and objectives.
• Prepares basic engineering calculations 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 projects based on analysis of collected data.
• Assists in checking various Kiewit Industrial Engineers calculations, prepared drawings and documents as assigned and within established guidelines.
• May inspect construction sites 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 Industrial Engineers database.
• Communicates with other disciplines to coordinate design interfacing issues.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with project management software.
• Familiarity with construction site safety protocols.
• Knowledge of environmental regulations related to construction.

Benefits

• Top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents.
• Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Retirement plans with matching contributions.
• Generous paid time off.