Transmission Line Engineer Internship

Job Description

About Company

Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc. is described as a full-service consulting and engineering firm with a combined staff of more than 1,300 engineers and design professionals. Their expertise spans all major engineering disciplines to serve diverse markets including transportation, power, water/wastewater, mining, building, and oil, gas & chemical. The company boasts 130 years of construction experience, emphasizing construction-driven engineering that focuses on constructability and safety early in projects to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery.

Their rapidly growing Power district is a multi-faceted division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise primarily focused on the EPC (Engineer, Procure, Construct) delivery model for power facilities. This district includes structural, civil, piping, mechanical, process, process safety, electrical, instrument and control disciplines. They offer a variety of engineering services such as owner’s engineering, project development, detailed engineering and design, construction management, and plant services. The engineering teams bring power projects to life across North America in areas like Gas-fired generation, Power delivery, Environmental retrofits, Renewables and new technology, and Water/wastewater.

Job Description, Detailed

This is an Internship position for a Transmission Line Engineer within the Kiewit Power Engineering group, specifically in the Design Engineering Department for the Power Market. The employment type is Full Time Temporary.

The internship is targeted at students pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering. Interns will assist with performing engineering and design duties that require the application of engineering principles and knowledge of engineering design. They will join a team of highly specialized design professionals, supporting a variety of substation, transmission, and distribution projects ranging from 12kV to 500kV. These projects involve both engineering detailed design and Engineer, Procure, Construct (EPC) models for clients across the country.

The position is based out of Raleigh, NC.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Creating design documents and drawings: Working with the project team to generate transmission line design criteria for PLS-CADD, creating bills of materials, and applying field mark-ups of project as-built drawings with minimal supervision.
• Engineering application software usage: Assisting with the use of software like PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, and PLS TOWER to build, modify, and analyze transmission line, pole, and tower models.
• Developing construction documents: Assisting with developing construction assembly drawings, material specifications, and structure loading packages for submittal to vendors.
• Project scheduling and coordination: Reviewing project schedules and working with the project engineer to ensure projects remain on schedule, and assisting with communication and coordination of project activities with the project engineer, customer representatives, and others.
• Document management and standards: Properly using the document management system and applying corporate standard engineering practices.
• Problem-solving: Bringing potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of the responsible party.
• Quality and accuracy: Taking personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of assigned work.

Qualifications required for this internship:

• Education: Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field from an accredited university.
• GPA: A 3.0 cumulative GPA is preferred.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of:
• AC/DC fundamentals
• Per-unit mathematics and symmetrical components
• Design documents and drawings necessary to complete a project
• Engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE, and ANSI
• Common Word processing, Spreadsheet, and E-mail software
• Skills: Working effectively in a team environment and communicating effectively with co-workers, vendors, and clients.

Other Requirements highlight essential workplace expectations:

• Attendance: Regular, reliable attendance.
• Productivity: Work productively and meet deadlines timely.
• Communication: Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Safety: Perform work safely and effectively, understanding and following oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Flexibility: Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines, and be available for overtime and weekends as required. May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.