Electrical Engineer - Data Center

Position Overview

Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering (KIWE) is seeking a highly motivated Electrical Engineer to support our rapidly growing Data Center market. This role will focus on design management and oversight of third-party engineering firms supporting hyperscale and mission critical facilities.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong technical foundation in electrical systems design for data centers, along with demonstrated experience managing engineering partners across large, complex programs (up to 1GW scale). This individual will play a critical role in ensuring engineering quality, consistency, and alignment with Kiewit project delivery standards.

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 1,700 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. 

Our rapidly growing Industrial Design Group, which includes process, electrical, controls, structural, architectural, geotechnical, and civil disciplines, is a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on EPC and design-build delivery of industrial projects in markets such as Food & Beverage, Consumer Products, Heavy Manufacturing, Industrial Buildings Industrial Water and Utilities. 

Location

Lenexa, KS, Dallas, Texas (with flexibility for Denver, CO or other KIWE hubs)

Travel required to project sites as needed

Responsibilities

• Act as the owner’s engineer / design integrator, overseeing third-party electrical engineering partners
• Review and coordinate electrical power distribution systems including: medium and low-voltage systems and substations, switchgear, UPS systems, and backup generation
• Provide technical guidance and QA/QC oversight of external engineering deliverables
• Interface with construction, commissioning, and project management teams to ensure design alignment with execution
• Lead coordination across disciplines (mechanical, controls, civil, structural) to support fully integrated facility designs
• Support standardization of design approaches across multiple data center campuses/programs
• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, and constructability evaluations
• Assist in development of design criteria, specifications, and owner requirements
• Support project execution from early design through commissioning and turnover

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
• 10+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience in the Data Center / Mission Critical market
• Demonstrated experience managing or coordinating third-party engineering firms
• Experience supporting large-scale programs (ideally 1GW campus-level development)

Strong knowledge of:

• Power distribution design
• Redundant electrical systems (2N, N+1 configurations)
• Codes and standards (NEC, IEEE, etc.)
• Ability to work across multiple projects in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

Preferred:

• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Experience supporting EPC or design-build project delivery
• Exposure to commissioning processes or system turnover
• Familiarity with hyperscale data center clients and standards. 

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