Job Description

Overview

Kiewit is seeking Mid Level Mechanical Design Engineers to support its growing Industrial division, focusing on delivering specifications, sizing components, and developing drawings for various industrial facilities. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package and emphasizes a culture of excellence, innovation, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Provide design, coordination, and oversight of various mechanical systems for industrial facilities.
  • Perform design calculations and equipment specifications for biogas, bulk solids material handling, and wastewater treatment.
  • Coordinate and communicate all aspects of the project’s mechanical design within multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Review project contracts and incorporate requirements into the design.
  • Manage other design partners and review work progress.
  • Perform detailed technical bid analyses for equipment.
  • Generate deliverables such as PFD’s, P&ID’s, datasheets, and vendor shop drawings.
  • Support the construction team by representing the design team on-site.
  • Perform early project design work including conceptual studies and preliminary equipment sizing.
  • Train, mentor, and advise junior staff on industry standards and best practices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent from an ABET accredited university.
  • Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certification required; Professional Engineer (P.E.) preferred or willing to obtain.
  • A minimum of 3 years of industry-related mechanical engineering experience.
  • Experience with mechanical design for data centers is highly desired.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
  • Preferred experience with AFT Fathom or AFT Arrow hydraulic simulation software.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Mid level Engineers must be based in Colorado or Kansas offices.
  • Senior Engineers can be based near main Kiewit design locations.
  • Consideration for fully remote candidates at a Senior level.
  • Relocation assistance offered to the district office in Lenexa, Kansas.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $56/hr, this posting sits about 117% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 86 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 360 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 210 different employers. 123 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 737 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Kiewit currently has 3 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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