Civil Engineering Intern-Water (Summer 2026)

Stantec Inc.•Minneapolis, MN

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About The Position

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they're facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we're helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world's most precious resource. Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U. Your Opportunity As an Intern for Summer 2026 based in our Minneapolis, MN office, you will work in a team environment and have exposure to water and wastewater related projects. Our projects involve water and wastewater infrastructure; it can involve water treatment, water towers, wastewater treatment, lift stations, and water/wastewater conveyance, treatability studies, and more. Candidates should be highly motivated and dependable students who plan on taking or have taken water/wastewater treatment, hydraulics, water resources, or other related environmental and other civil engineering courses. This is a terrific opportunity for a college student to support a number of exciting local and national projects. Internship is with the local Water and Wastewater group, but there may be opportunities to assist in other disciplines in the office such as Water Resources, Transportation, and Environmental Services.

Requirements

Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
Must have good organizational skills, be reliable, detail orientated and capable of working independently on assigned tasks.
The ability to multi-task, prioritize, and take direction.
Must be currently enrolled in an accredited degree program for Civil and/or Environmental Engineering degree
Valid driver's license required.

Nice To Haves

Desired software applications include: AutoCAD, Adobe or Bluebeam Revu, and ArcMap/GIS
Previous internship or co-op experience a plus

Responsibilities

Preparing spreadsheets, graphs, and figures for design reports
Preparing design and construction plans, specifications, quantity take-offs and construction estimates
Assisting with field work for data collection, site inspections and observations
Building surface models in AutoCAD, or other software
Supporting Project Managers with various tasks to advance and track project progress.

Benefits

Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave.
Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year.
In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

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