Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering High School Internship (Summer 2025)

Position Overview

Do you want an inside look into the technology, quality, engineering, and design professions that will inspire you as you make plans for future? Do you want to be part of an industry that will make a real difference in peoples’ lives all over the world? Get a head start on building your career! Kiewit’s paid internship program will give you hands-on experiences and develop industry knowledge coveted by professionals. As a Kiewit intern, you will work in a fast-paced, team environment, using cutting-edge technology to design and engineer the future of our planet. This program provides challenging and achievable projects that will encourage participants to pursue their interests in the field of technology, quality, engineering, or design with the option to be hired full-time following high-school graduation.

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 2,000 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 Infrastructure Engineering's Design-Build team is driving clients to turn to Kiewit during all stages of design-build projects. Through our integrated design and construction approach, our multi-disciplinary team works together to improve schedule, control costs, and minimize risk. Our construction-focused engineers work collaboratively with our estimators and builders to design solutions that are innovative, constructible, and designed with a focus on safety. Clients benefit from the proven processes and tools used by Kiewit to minimize project risk. We are an in-house resource that supports projects throughout the company. Our staff shares experiences gained, innovative concepts, and best practices for all projects that we support.

Kiewit’s management and implementation of this process lead to safe, cost-effective, and innovative designs that exceed client expectations and furthers Kiewit’s legacy of excellence.

Location

This position is based out of our Lone Tree, CO office. Housing is not provided, and each intern is responsible for their transportation to and from the office in Lone Tree, CO

Responsibilities

• Research and analyze data
• Collaborate with teammates on projects that directly impact the business
• Actively participate in technical and soft skills courses, as well as discipline-specific pieces of training presented by industry professionals
• Design and present an End of Program Presentation to showcase your work and development throughout your internship
• Build professional relationships with discipline-specific peer advisors and managers
• Additional duties as assigned
• Perform work safely and effectively
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines
• Department Opportunities (Department Placement Determined following interview and meet and greet)
  • Civil or Structural Designer 
    • Work with our engineering and construction teams to develop designs and deliverables
    • Use AutoCAD, Civil 3D, MicroStation, Inroads and Revit software to produce estimate, design and or construction deliverables
    • Evaluate point cloud data and extract information for use by design teams
    • Participate in design reviews to evaluate design concepts and make recommendations
    • Follow company’s CAD and quality standards
    • Understand and follow oral and written instructions
  • Quantity Take-Off
    • Assist with quantity take offs that will then be reviewed and presented to a few different groups including Discipline Leads and Managers, Project Counterparts, and Project Control Managers
    • In this role, you will learn how to read infrastructure drawings and quantify different scopes of work
    • Understand and follow oral and written instructions

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
• Current high school Sophomore, Junior, or Senior
• Ability to work 40 hours per week for 8-10 weeks during the summer, providing own transportation or ability to work 10 hours per week during the scheduled school year.
• A natural curiosity and passion for the field of technology, quality, engineering, construction, or design
• Strong analytical ability with a mind for process improvement
• Comfort with data analysis and research
• Detail-oriented work style with a focus on accuracy
• Ability to work both independently and in a team setting with minimal supervision to accomplish common goals
• Ability to present and speak publicly to both small and large groups within the organization
• Demonstrates professionalism and maturity on a day-to-day basis
• Ability to effectively manage time and prioritize workload accordingly
• Demonstrates a customer service-oriented mindset
• Preferably has held a leadership role within a team, organization, club, etc
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, and PowerPoint)
• Preferably has experience with Engineering Software such as AutoCAD/MicroStation, Bluebeam, Revit, Civil 3D/ORD (Open Roads Design)
• 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

Benefits

• Internships include paid holidays that are observed during the scheduled internship
• All interns are eligible to participate in the Kiewit 401K plan
• Kiewit’s Denver Regional HQ features an on-site fitness center, located on the first floor of the South Building (designated in purple below).  The center includes locker rooms, an array of fitness equipment and a classroom for group fitness activities.

Application Process

• Please include an updated resume to your application. Applicants without a resume will not be considered. 
• The online application process for the internship will close on January 13th, 2025.
• Candidates selected for an interview will be notified after January 13th, 2025.