Internship - Water Resources Engineering

Woodard & Curran • Sacramento, CA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities, and the planet. We are looking for a motivated Water Resources Engineer Intern with an interest in groundwater to join our company. If you want to jumpstart your career and expand your skills while working alongside talented experts, then this is the opportunity for you! You will be involved with project work from your first day, working side-by-side with experienced engineers and scientists to help clients address their water and environmental challenges. Exercise your creativity and problem-solving skills in a supportive environment where every perspective is valued. We are a mission-driven organization that puts our people first, with a culture that focuses on providing meaningful work, engaging challenges, recognition, and reward. Duties and responsibilities vary based on level of experience and project expectations. An intern will generally shadow experienced professionals and participate as a member of a team by contributing to actual projects. Interns are able to apply what they have learned “from the classroom” via experience based-learning. This internship position will be based in our Sacramento office.

Requirements

• Third year or graduating Civil or Environmental Engineering, or Hydrogeology student
• Classes taken should include a mix of the following: Hydrology, Groundwater, Fluid Mechanics, and Water Resources Management or Planning

Nice To Haves

• Experience or interest in hydrology
• Experience or interest in groundwater
• Experience or interest in groundwater modeling (MODFLOW, IWFM, etc)
• Experience or interest in GIS

Responsibilities

• Shadow experienced professionals
• Participate as a member of a team by contributing to actual projects
• Apply learned concepts from the classroom via experience-based learning

Benefits

• 401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions
• Company matches 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed
• Choose up to 8 holidays to observe annually
• Vacation accrued based on years of experience and calculated on hours worked
• Paid sick time for non-work-related illness or injury
• Up to 80 hours of Paid Parental Leave for child bonding
• Paid short- and long-term disability
• Medical plan options
• Dental plans
• Vision plans
• Basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits
• Additional voluntary life insurance for employees and families
• DarioMind assistance program
• Personalized mental health and wellbeing resources

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree