Hydrgeology Intern - Energy & Resources (Summer 2026)

Stantec • Fort Collins, CO

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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 our core, we’re a community. Together, we exercise creative thought, developing engineering and designs as individual as the people and projects we touch. From approval and permitting to design and construction management services, we put the goals of our clients and their communities at the center of everything we create. Join us as we assist mining companies in getting mined materials to communities around the globe. Your Opportunity Our Global Mining team has a need for a Hydrogeology Intern based out of our office in Fort Collins or Denver, CO. You would work within our mining, minerals and metals team in support of various clients in completing exciting hydrogeology projects related to underground and surface mining operations, conceptual and numerical groundwater modeling, and field studies. Additional opportunities may include work on other projects such as aquifer storage and recovery, water supply, and well installation and testing.

Requirements

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree or secondary degree in Hydrogeology, Geology, or related scientific or engineering discipline.
• An interest in acquiring mining specific experience in quantitative and qualitative hydrogeology.
• Technical and scientific reporting, presentation, and review capability.
• You must be a self-starter and be able to work in a team setting.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency with software relevant to the professional discipline of this internship such as MODFLOW, ArcGIS, Aqtesolv, or Aquifer Test Pro desired but not necessary.

Responsibilities

• Work with a multi-discipline hydrogeology, hydrology, and engineering team on a day-to-day basis.
• Participate in team meetings and project meetings.
• Actively engage with project team members such as project managers and project technical leads to complete tasks.
• Contribute to development of hydrogeologic conceptual and numerical groundwater models with required supervision commensurate with your level of experience.
• Specific tasks may include: Pre- and post- processing of model inputs and results Evaluating model calibration performance and sensitivity
• Collect and/or analyze field data including: Well installation and drilling data Pumping test analysis Well sampling
• Contribute to the preparation of quality technical documents and/or drawings.
• Produce technical report or presentation to project team on a specific project which you’ll be assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern