Distribution Designer - Kiewit Power Engineering

Position Overview

Kiewit has an immediate opening for an entry-level Distribution Designer in our growing Kiewit Power Delivery district. You will be part of our rapidly growing engineering design team serving several major utilities and T&D clients in the Denver Area.

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.
 

Kiewit Power Delivery is a full-service engineering and construction solutions provider operating across North America. Our experience and expertise span all aspects of the transmission and distribution market from high voltage overhead and underground transmission to distribution and automation design and construction capabilities. With these broad capabilities, we operate in the electric utility, renewable energy, industrial, and oil, gas markets.  As part of Kiewit, we are integrated with 135 years of construction and engineering experience that provides wholistic solutions, differentiating our team from the rest of the industry.

Our rapidly growing power delivery business has opened new locations across North America to strengthen our market presence while executing work within the communities that we live. We have invested in industry leading design technology and platforms while also expanding our construction equipment fleet with the most advanced, and safest equipment on the market. We are committed to building upon our history as one of the safest companies to work for by equipping our craft with the best tooling and safety programs available.

We are an innovative team that prides itself on continuous improvement and always delivering on our commitments to our clients and ourselves.  Our staff collaborates with Kiewit’s vast internal network of resources that span heavy civil and infrastructure, vertical and commercial buildings, mining, as well our oil and gas and power generation markets, to drive safe and cost-effective solutions that achieve client expectations and further Kiewit’s legacy of excellence.

Location

This position is based in Denver, Colorado.

Responsibilities

• Reports project progression updates and/or issues to Lead Designers. 
• Utilizes applicable engineering national and local codes.
• Helps create utility designs using AutoCAD or MicroStation.
• Develops sketches to accompany other concept documentation.
• Develops schematics and one-line drawings from engineering sketches or markups.
• Maintains master drawing set with current revisions for the electrical and controls design drawings.
• Files master sets/originals, superseded drawings and originals as required in a timely manner.
• Completes as-built by utilizing Request for Information (RFI) forms, Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) and red-marked drawings from construction.
• Participates in project meetings as required. 
• Checks design for consistency, safety, operability and maintenance requirements before submitting to checking. 
• Resolves checked drawings; prove and understand comments made.
• Completes miscellaneous tasks to support project development.

Qualifications

• Associates, Vocational or Bachelor's degree in Design& Drafting technology, Engineering Technology or Design or a related degree. 
• 0-2 years of design experience or related field experience preferred but not required. 
• Experience utilizing design software such as MicroStation, AutoCAD and have knowledge of the latest computer operating systems.
• Experience using PLS-CADD preferred but not required.
• Must be able to communicate through emails and utilize electronic meeting requests.
• Must have a working knowledge of spreadsheets, databases and PDF software.
• Must be able to represent Kiewit manner to owners, contractors, vendors and any other contacts outside the Kiewit organization.