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Overview

Kiewit Nuclear Solutions is seeking experienced Mechanical Design Engineers to join their innovative team in a growing nuclear market. The company emphasizes a strong safety culture and offers a stable work environment with opportunities for professional growth and development.

Responsibilities

  • Carry out integrated engineering processes to meet project goals and deadlines.
  • Author and review designs, specifications, analyses, and drawings in line with engineering standards.
  • Create and assess concept drawings for equipment using multidisciplinary input.
  • Identify, define, and resolve issues within assigned scope.
  • Ensure compliance with strict quality assurance standards and timely project delivery.
  • Occasional travel required (less than 20%).

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited four-year university.
  • 7–12+ years in commercial or DOE nuclear design.
  • FE/EIT recommended; PE license is preferred.
  • Proficient in ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel and piping codes.
  • Skilled in engineering design principles (e.g., GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, interference checks).
  • Experienced in equipment design and procurement using pertinent industry codes.
  • Familiar with creating PFDs, P&IDs, and general arrangement drawings for equipment packages.
  • Proven ability to work with engineers and fabricators to develop designs and drawings.
  • Strong attention to detail, communication, organization, analytical thinking, and problem-solving.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Primary job locations include Lenexa, KS, Houston, TX, Knoxville, TN, Itasca, IL.
  • Occasional hybrid work permitted in coordination with your supervisor.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Itasca, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $61/hr, this posting sits about 98% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $27–$41/hr middle band drawn from 255 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 97% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Itasca, IL

Itasca, IL currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 343 other active welding openings from 200 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Itasca, or widen the search to Illinois.

Kiewit currently has 1 other opening live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (17), Staff on Site (13), and S&C Electric Company (10). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $39/hr, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Franklin Park at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

Similar openings near Itasca, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanical Design Engineers-Kiewit Nuclear Solutions-Lenexa, KS, Houston, TX, Knoxville, TN, Itasca, figures were last recalculated when this page was built.