Intern - Project Engineer

JOB TITLE: Intern - Project Engineer 
REQUISITION: DIS00RP
DEPARTMENT:  Design Services – Topeka Operations Center 
LOCATION: Topeka, KS
PAY GRADE:  $21.00 - $26.00/ hour

Scheduled Work Hours:    Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

It's never too early to start searching for your dream career. If you're ready to apply the principles you've been learning at school in the real world, Evergy is the place for you. Hands-on experience is what our internship programs are all about. Our programs offer students an opportunity to gain insight and meaningful experience while also allowing us to identify talented prospective employees. Many of our interns go on to develop successful careers at Evergy.

As an intern, you'll have real responsibilities, and you'll work on productive assignments with actual business interactions. We know that you work hard, so we help you play hard while you are here. We provide a number of intern events throughout the summer to burn some extra energy, including volunteer events, power plant tours, lunch and learns, and more

Intern Description:
Under minimal direction, Project Engineers liaise between company distribution, transmission, substation, standards and planning engineers, as well as external consultant engineers. Project Engineers engage construction experts to transform engineering concepts into organized, actionable, and safely constructable designs focused on affordability, reliability and sustainability.

Duties and Responsibilities:
⦁ Collaboration with various functional groups, both internal and external
⦁ Coordination/deconfliction with other public and private utilities
⦁ Origination of real-estate survey and easement acquisition
⦁ Development of material lists per company standards
⦁ Review civil construction plans for conflicts
⦁ Field observations and creative thinking to navigate congested corridors
⦁ Incorporate soil type and stormwater runoff conditions into facility installation instructions
⦁ Calculate electric and physical loads to size facilities
⦁ Estimate labor hours and overall cost to perform work
⦁ Create job maps complete with instructions
⦁ Calculate revenue justification and collect required customer contributions
⦁ Obtain and file permits
⦁ Field stake project work locations and verify survey markers
⦁ Real-time problem solver for crews actively engaged in project construction

Education and Experience:
Active enrollment in an ABET accredited engineering, engineering technology, or construction science program.  

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
⦁ Required
⦁ Excellent written and verbal communication
⦁ Foundational project management and coordination
⦁ Planning, organizing, and time management
⦁ Problem-solving
⦁ Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams
⦁ Preferred
⦁ Mathematics, engineering statics and mechanics of materials
⦁ Technical reading
⦁ Electrical theory
⦁ CAD and GIS
⦁ Trimble GPS

Physical Requirements:
Job includes, but is not limited to hearing, seeing, walking long distances on uneven terrain, talking, reading, typing, writing, color distinction, depth perception, working outside in adverse conditions, and lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, etc.).  

Licenses, Certification, Bonding, and/or Testing:
Requires a valid Kansas Driver’s License.

Working Conditions:
Most work is performed in an office with field work as necessary. Occasional travel to other locations within the company is required. Position requires work beyond normal business hours depending on workload, project deadlines, and service restoration efforts. Must have a satisfactory work record including good attendance.

Evergy has a clear mission – To empower a better future. Evergy chooses to live this mission by valuing People First. We know that to lead the responsible energy transition and provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable service to our customers and communities, we need a team with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. So, our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. We are committed to celebrating diversity and building a team where everyone – regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status – has a voice and can bring their best every day. We know that the more diverse and inclusive we are, the better we will be. Evergy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

Disclaimer: The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.