Environmental Services Intern - Summer 2026

Stantec • Anchorage, AK

3d

About The Position

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 thoughtfully approach every water and natural resource project we undertake—whether at the local, regional, or watershed level—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 infrastructure lifecycle. Our experts lead their fields and guide our work with scientific rigor, 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’re looking for interns for our summer 2026 internship program! As an Intern for the West Region Environmental Services Group at Stantec, you can expect to carry out a variety of different tasks related to water resource management projects. You will learn about career offerings within Stantec, what is needed to become a successful consulting engineer with other interns from across the nation. Every day will allow you to work on an interesting project, while expanding your knowledge as you gain field and office experience in many disciplines.

Requirements

• Understanding of water and environmental related principles and engineering concepts, including related hydraulics and hydrologic (H&H) principles and concepts.
• The ability to effectively communicate ideas and opinions.
• Be proficient in interpreting sketches, drawings, and other similar material.
• Be conscientious, detail-oriented, organized, self-motivated, and disciplined.
• Build and maintain productive professional and personal networking relationships within your technical team.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Currently pursuing or graduated with a minimum of a four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (preference towards students pursuing emphasis areas of Environmental, Agricultural, or Civil Engineering).
• Valid driver’s license.
• Candidate must be willing and have the ability to travel, and on occasion, spend time working away from home office for extended periods of time.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant office or field experience is a plus. Examples: Construction Surveying, Field Surveying, Field Sampling, Drafting.
• with a focus on ecological engineering and/or geomorphology preferred.
• Relevant co-op / internships and work experience during school will be considered.
• Experience using HEC-RAS, and AutoCAD a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for projects involving erosion and sediment control, and stormwater management.
• Works with other engineering disciplines and professionals in the coordination of the project under the direction of a senior engineer/designer.
• Drafting, computer modeling, data entry, assistance with preparation of construction plans and specifications, quality control review of client construction storm water documentation.
• Assist in the preparation of design concept plans, permit packages, work plans, tables, figures, hydraulic calculations, erosion and sediment control plans, and associated post-construction stormwater management plans, and present information for quality review.
• Assist in basic interpretation and verifying compliance with applicable regulations, codes and engineering standards and practices.
• Complete other engineering/administrative duties as required.
• Respect and assist our clients by being responsive and reliable.
• Safe practices in the field and office are required by not only our interns, but by every employee.
• Continually ask questions and grow in your relative field.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees