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**Requisition ID:** 176418

**Job Level:** Entry Level

**Home District/Group:** Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering

**Department:** Design Engineering

**Market:** Industrial

**Employment Type:** Full Time

Position Overview

**Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering** is seeking an Early Career Instrumentation & Controls 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.

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 **Industrial and Water Engineering Group** , which includes mechanical, process, electrical, controls, structural, architectural, geotechnical, and civil disciplines, is a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on EPC and design-build delivery of industrial projects in markets such as Food & Beverage, Consumer Products, Heavy Manufacturing, Industrial Buildings, Industrial Water and Utilities. We have specialized expertise in plant floor process design, packaging, refrigerated/frozen facility design, and ammonia refrigeration systems.

Location

This position is based in our Lenexa, KS office.

Responsibilities

• 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.

• Assists in feasibility and planning studies, analyzing customer needs and data including researching, investigate and coordinate with other engineers, and providing recommendations to the customer.

• Administers contracts for instrumentation and control equipment, especially the plant Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), and plant monitoring and instrumentation. Monitors and plan for required submittal dates.

• Responds to questions and Requests for Interpretation (RFIs) from the client and construction contractor dealing with applicable instrumentation and control systems, equipment, operations, logic, and startup.

• Reviews other Discipline’s deliverables for Instrument and Controls impacts and compatibility with the design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation and Controls or Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited four-year college or university program

• GPA above 3.0 preferred

• 0-2 years’ experience performing engineering related duties

• Familiarity with control system programming and fluency in reading logic diagrams is desirable

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

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Company: Kiewit