Civil Engineering Intern – Water (Summer 2027)

Learning begins in the classroom but there’s no better place to gain real-world experience than with Stantec. Interns are an integral part of our teams, working to solve some of the world's most complex challenges.

As an intern, you’ll work alongside our experienced practitioners and with our clients and communities. This hands-on experience will equip you with practical skills, build your network, and provide opportunities that set you up for success.

At Stantec, we approach every water project we undertake—whether at the local, regional, or international level— thoughtfully and execute it with excellence across all project phases. We partner with our clients to design fit-for-purpose solutions that address their communities’ unique needs throughout the water lifecycle. Our experts lead their fields and guide our work with technical excellence, an innovative spirit, and a vision for growth. We’re a place where you can apply your passion and collaborate with top talent on work that’s critical to our clients, our communities, and the industry at large.

Your Opportunity

We are seeking a civil/environmental intern to support our Water business in our St. George or Salt Lake City, Utah offices. This role will support our local design staff collecting and organizing data, preparing calculations, preparing charts and graphs, modeling using Excel or hydraulic modeling software, preparing drawings, backcheck drawing/technical memoranda corrections, writing portions of technical memoranda, researching technical information, proposal and resume writing, client interactions, presentations, note taking, field investigations, coordinating production of reports, and/or support of design documents (plans and specifications). As a Student Intern, you will work in a team environment and have exposure to water resources projects which may include pipeline, conveyance, pump station, treatment, and other water infrastructure design.

Key Responsibilities

The Intern must have good attention to detail. They need to possess a willingness to assist full-time staff with various tasks.  The core competencies for this position include:

• Good communication skills: verbal, business writing, electronic communications, and presentations
• Positive attitude with strong relationship building skills
• Flexibility to learn new skills.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Currently enrolled in college/university and/or on summer break between semesters. 
• Minimum 3.0 GPA. 
• Versatility, flexibility, and willingness to work within the team.
• Must be willing and able to take initiative when needed.
• Good MS Office skills including Word and Excel; PowerPoint a plus.
• Experience in AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D a plus.

Key Benefits

• An internship opportunity is the singular best way to discover if a career pathway is right for the candidate.
• An opportunity to apply classroom learning to a real-world environment.
• An opportunity to seek out new experiences.
• A chance to make a meaningful contribution to an organization through quality work for our clients in all aspects of project work – planning, design and construction.
• A resume builder – Stantec experience sets a new graduate apart from the “rest”.
• Discipline mentorship/shadowing with acting professionals.
• Professional coaching to grow your career:  resume writing, public speaking, work approaches, communications, and interviewing.

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Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.