Structural Engineer Intern - Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering

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 to join their Lenexa, Kansas office. This internship is designed for candidates who are eager to contribute to project success by helping to establish, maintain, and improve company standards and tools. Interns will gain hands-on experience in design documentation and will be expected to demonstrate flexibility in work assignments while developing their technical and professional skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop familiarity with departmental design standards and applicable engineering codes.
• Contribute to and adhere to the Kiewit Industrial Engineers Quality Plan requirements.
• Prepare basic engineering calculations using standard methods and principles.
• Create basic design sketches for drafting and incorporation into final plans.
• Calculate cost and quantity estimates for projects based on collected data analysis.
• Assist in checking various calculations, prepared drawings, and documents as assigned.
• Inspect construction sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to engineering drawings and specifications.
• Check vendor's drawings for structural construction commodities.
• Submit lessons learned to the Kiewit Industrial Engineers database.
• Communicate 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 including 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.
• Comfortable with basic spreadsheet, database, and word processing programs.
• Familiar with basic structural analysis software, engineering software, and basic CADD software for reviewing drafter's work.
• Highly desirable knowledge of SAP2000, MathCad, and Navisworks.

Nice-to-haves

• Specific knowledge of SAP2000, MathCad, and Navisworks.

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.