Careers

Join Our Team

At KAI Hawaii, we foster a culture of continual improvement and innovation. Working together as one family or ‘ohana, we help to enhance each other’s strengths and foster creativity to successfully solve challenges and create opportunities. Sharing our experience and expertise, we support and encourage each other, valuing individual and team well-being. 

Please email us at mail@kaihawaii.com if you are interested in learning more about joining our team! 

Open Positions

Infrastructure – Water & Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Bridges, Piers and Industrial Facilities

Buildings – Midrise Residential, School and Federal Facilities

Forensic – Building, Bridges and other facility assessment and repair


Role:   Project management, design & production of construction documents, supervision of junior engineers, manage subconsultants for projects in the Pacific and the State of Hawaii.


Requirements:

  • Master’s Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering with two (2) to ten (10) plus years of structural design experience 
  • Professional Structural License a plus, but must have an interest in obtaining their Hawaii Structural Engineering License.

Salary (based on experience): $24 – $55 per hour

Role:  Work will include bridge and freeway structures design and inspection.


Requirements:

  • Master’s Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering with two (2) to five (5) years of structural design experience in bridge design and/or other types of infrastructure design.
  • Must have a working knowledge of AASHTO LRFD design guide.
  • Must have working knowledge of CSIBridge, SAP, RISA, and AutoCad at a minimum.
  • Must be willing to work on all types of infrastructure design projects.
  • Professional Structural License preferred or willingness to get Hawaii license.

Salary (based on experience and qualifications): $32.56 – $32.69 per hour

Role:  Work will include the design of commercial, retail, residential, institutional and federal buildings in concrete, structural steel, masonry and wood.


Requirements:

  • Prior experience is preferred, but not required.
  • Master’s Degree in Structural Engineering.
  • Experience with ETABS, SAP, RAM, and Revit Structure modeling a plus.
  • Experience with earthquake and hurricane building assessment and retrofit design a plus.

Salary (based on experience and qualifications): $22 – $35 per hour

Structural Engineer (Building or Infrastructure)
Structural Designer (Bridge Design Engineer)
Structural Designer (Building Design)