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Kimley-Horn

Natural Gas Engineer - Transmission and Facilities

Location

Chicago, IL

Wage

$95,000 – $110,000/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 15, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Kimley-Horn's Downtown Chicago, Illinois office is seeking a Natural Gas Engineer with 4+ years of experience to join their team. This is not a remote position.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering design efforts, working closely with Civil/Structural, Electrical, Instrumentation & Control, and other disciplines.
  • Provide technical leadership for Natural Gas pipeline and facility engineering.
  • Design pipeline facilities such as metering/regulating stations and compressor stations.
  • Develop PFDs, P&IDs, plans, sections, details, and associated bills of materials.
  • Perform engineering calculations to support technical studies, reports, and design decisions.
  • Coordinate supporting activities including surveying, geotechnical investigations, permitting, and land acquisition.
  • Prepare material and equipment specifications to support procurement and factory acceptance testing.
  • Lead proposal development and scope definition, including conceptual designs, execution plans, cost estimates, and schedules.
  • Have experience in the design of electric transmission lines and/or distribution systems.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of relevant engineering design experience.
  • Bachelors or Masters from an ABET accredited university in Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Civil Engineering or related field.
  • Professional Engineering (P.E.) License (or ability to obtain within 12 months) Preferred.
  • Proficiency with 49 CFR Part 192 and ASME B31.8.
  • Experience with task management, concept design, and assisting project management tasks.
  • Familiar with coordinating with clients, attending client meetings, and overseeing quality standards.
  • Working knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D - CADWorx Preferred.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This position is located in Downtown Chicago, Illinois.
  • This is not a remote position.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $49/hr, this posting sits about 37% above the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL — toward the top of a $28–$45/hr middle band drawn from 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 96 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 52 different employers. 30 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 374 other active welding openings from 233 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (15), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (13). 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 $36/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. Chicago is among them.

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.

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