What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineer I - Water Transmission & Utilities position at Freese and Nichols?
Do you want to enhance your community by creating sustainable solutions to make it more livable and environmentally sound?
Freese and Nichols has a great opportunity for a December 2025, May 2026, or August 2026 new grad to launch their career! We have an Engineer I role available in our Water Transmission & Utilities team in Overland Park, KS.
This opportunity provides you with a supportive pathway to grow your career in many areas – design, modeling, planning, technical excellence, and business development.
What Your Day Looks Like –
You will partner with others to complete tasks by collecting and correlating information to assist in completing projects. You will also verify information and adjust data as needed. And coordinate project efforts with others contributing to the project as well.
Our Water Transmission & Utilities team provides engineering and management support for water pumping and pipeline systems - pump stations, pumps, pipelines, utilities, tanks, and valve facilities. Engineering support for all phases of a project lifecycle: planning/studies, design, procurement, construction, and post-construction.
What We Will Do For You –
We offer you a flexible work environment that includes options such as a hybrid work schedule with remote work up to 2 days per week and an alternative work schedule with every other Friday off. Our support for you in your career journey includes providing you with professional development in technical areas along with soft skills such as collaboration, managing workload, presentation skills, and building partnerships. Our mentoring program allows you to learn from those who have worked in our industry from recent grads to subject matter experts. Rise and Thrive, our Young Professionals ERG (Employee Resource Group) will help you grow your career as well. They facilitate networking and development opportunities and social events, too!
Majors We Hire
About Freese And Nichols
At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.
We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.
Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.
Join our team of 1,300 employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at https://www.freese.com/careers/.
Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Freese and Nichols has a great opportunity for a December 2025, May 2026, or August 2026 new grad to launch their career! We have an Engineer I role available in our Water Transmission & Utilities team in Overland Park, KS.
This opportunity provides you with a supportive pathway to grow your career in many areas – design, modeling, planning, technical excellence, and business development.
What Your Day Looks Like –
You will partner with others to complete tasks by collecting and correlating information to assist in completing projects. You will also verify information and adjust data as needed. And coordinate project efforts with others contributing to the project as well.
Our Water Transmission & Utilities team provides engineering and management support for water pumping and pipeline systems - pump stations, pumps, pipelines, utilities, tanks, and valve facilities. Engineering support for all phases of a project lifecycle: planning/studies, design, procurement, construction, and post-construction.
What We Will Do For You –
We offer you a flexible work environment that includes options such as a hybrid work schedule with remote work up to 2 days per week and an alternative work schedule with every other Friday off. Our support for you in your career journey includes providing you with professional development in technical areas along with soft skills such as collaboration, managing workload, presentation skills, and building partnerships. Our mentoring program allows you to learn from those who have worked in our industry from recent grads to subject matter experts. Rise and Thrive, our Young Professionals ERG (Employee Resource Group) will help you grow your career as well. They facilitate networking and development opportunities and social events, too!
Majors We Hire
- Civil/Environmental/Water Resource Engineering
- Biological and Agricultural/Biosystems Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- BS or MS in Civil, Environmental, Water Resource, Biosystems, Biological & Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering and similar programs
- Internship Experience
- Student organization involvement, especially leadership roles
About Freese And Nichols
At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.
We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.
Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.
Join our team of 1,300 employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at https://www.freese.com/careers/.
Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.