--- title: Civil Structural Engineer at Evergy in Kansas City, MO description: Evergy is hiring for the Civil Structural Engineer role in Kansas City, MO. Pays $94.6K–$126.1K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/civil-structural-engineer-at-evergy-01a1c0b1-0db0-7600-ba7c-5f3ff03d4ad4 date: 2026-11-15T05:15:13Z og_description: Join Evergy as Civil Structural Engineer in Kansas City, MO. Pays $94.6K–$126.1K per year. Hybrid role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/pzcnem.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [Evergy](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/evergy?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Kansas City, MO (Hybrid) | | **Salary** | $94.6K/yr - $126.1K/yr | | **Posted** | Nov 15, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Evergy sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 1 H-1B petition (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Evergy. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $60,000 – $125,000 a year (median $103,000). ## Description **JOB TITLE:** Civil-Structural Engineer **REQUISITION:** FOS00MJ **DEPARTMENT:** Generation Engineering Services – Central; Kansas City Headquarters or Topeka General Office **LOCATION:** Kansas City, MO Topeka, KS **PAY RANGE:** Sr Engineer: $94,600 - $126,100 - $157,600 Lead Engineer: $111,400 - $148,500 - $185,600 Principal Engineer: $116,200 - $154,900 - $193,600 **Scheduled Work Hours:** Monday - Friday, hours can be flexible. Opportunity exists for hybrid work arrangements, flexible work hours, and 9/80 schedule. Occasional evenings, weekends, and extra hours may be required to support 24/7/365 operations. Qualified overtime is reimbursed at time and a half rate. Local travel to generation sites will be regular and occasional overnight travel may be required. Net mileage is reimbursable or the option to reserve and use a fleet vehicles exist. **Summary of Primary Duties and Responsibilities:** Evergy is seeking an experienced, competent, motivated, knowledgeable, and accomplished engineer to support power generation facilities. The successful candidate must be a self-starter and able to resolve complex engineering problems with limited support. Familiarity with electric generating facilities and associated buildings and equipment is strongly preferred. Applicants must be able to locate, comprehend, and interpret facility civil, architectural, structural, and mechanical drawings. The successful candidate will be responsible for executing and managing numerous projects simultaneously ranging from small facility improvements to larger capital projects. This includes planning, inspecting, evaluating, assessing, and specifying recommendations for repair and improvements on the infrastructure of the plants. Responsibilities of the successful candidate will include, but not be limited to: • Perform minor structural analysis, design, detailing, and forensic investigation. • Perform design of new, or evaluation of existing, overhead monorails, lifting beams, and rigging lugs and assign rated capacity. • Perform and document structural inspections and assessments and facilitate proof load testing for special lifting devices. • Evaluate and design foundations for a variety of applications. • Interpret surveys, subsurface investigations and other civil engineering activities related to power generation facilities. • Evaluate Hydrology and hydraulic designs and review evaluations. • Experience with heavy civil engineering projects (landfills, roadways, bridges, railways, etc) is not direct a requirement for this role, but is valued. • Design and detail simple platforms and similar structures. Generate details sketched by hand or in AutoCAD (preferred) that comply with Evergy standard structural details. • Address emergent work at the plants such as items related to access or safety, lifting, rigging, damaged or corroded members, and equipment failure. • Manage all aspects of projects including planning, defining the scope, assisting the procurement department, performing minor detailed design, and observing construction of civil (primarily structural) related projects. Larger or more complex projects are typically designed and detailed by third party engineering firms. • Review specifications, design and shop drawings, and other contract documents for compliance with internal and external standards, compliance, and applicable codes. • Develop budgets, scopes, statements of work, budget forecasting, invoicing and manage moderate to large capital projects. • Assist the generating facilities with outage support as needed. **Education and Experience Requirements:** This position requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering from an ABET accredited university with interest or experience in the design, maintenance, and construction of power generation facilities, buildings, and similar industrial structures. The applicant must have demonstrable design experience related to the primary duties and responsibilities of the role. **Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Required:** The successful candidate must possess high initiative, strong interpersonal skills, quantitative analysis, and exhibit good engineering judgement. Computer skills valued include Microsoft Office applications, AutoCAD, Bluebeam Revu, and RISA-3d. Strong knowledge of ACI, AISC, ASCE, IBC, NFPA, OSHA, as well as other related industry codes and standards is required. **Licenses or Certificates Required:** Must have a valid driver's license. PE in Kansas or Missouri or the ability to obtain through comity is required. **Working Conditions:** Must have the ability to perform the physical activities of the job. This requires extensive on-site plant work with some office work. The job entails working outdoors in an industrial plant environment with exposure to ambient temperature extremes, dusty/moist environments, as well as noisy, rotating, moving, and electrified equipment. Physical attributes of the job include working at heights on elevated structures and platforms, and working in cramped spaces which may require bending, stooping, and standing and frequent use of ladders and stairways. 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. We are committed to 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. 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. ## Skills - Construction - Outage Response - Statement of Work (Sow) Management - Quantitative Analysis - Self-Motivation - NFPA Codes Compliance - Automotive Detailing - Rigging - Structural Analysis - Investigation - Working at Height - Technical Drawings - Planning - Bluebeam Revu - AISC Structural Steel Standards - Surveys - Power Generation - American Society of Civil Engineers - Interpersonal Skills - Detailed Design - Initiative - Capital Projects - ABET Accreditation - Driver's License - International Building Code (Ibc) - AutoCAD - RISA Technologies Risa-3d - Heavy Civil Construction - Microsoft Office - Maintenance - Forensic Intelligence - Forecasting - OSHA Compliance - Invoicing - Budgeting - Shop Drawings ## Benefits - Flexible Work Schedules ## Related - [More jobs at Evergy](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/evergy?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Engineering jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/engineering?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Civil Engineering jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/engineering/civil-engineering?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Civil Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/engineering/civil-engineering/civil-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Structural Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/engineering/civil-engineering/civil-engineer/structural-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [Missouri](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/missouri?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 50074 jobs - [Electric Power](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/energy-and-utilities/electric-power?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 13613 jobs - [Kansas City, MO](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/missouri/kansas-city?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 7702 jobs - [Evergy](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/evergy?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 15 jobs ## Related pages - [Missouri](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/missouri?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 50074 jobs - [Electric Power](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/energy-and-utilities/electric-power?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 13613 jobs - [Kansas City, MO](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/missouri/kansas-city?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 7702 jobs - [Evergy](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/evergy?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 15 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)