Civil Engineering Intern – Water (Summer 2027)

StantecCottonwood Heights, Utah, United States
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9/16/2026

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Intern

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Core responsibilities

The intern will support the water business by collecting data, preparing calculations, and assisting with hydraulic modeling and design documentation. They will also collaborate with team members on various water infrastructure projects including pipelines, pump stations, and treatment facilities.

Requirements overview

Candidates must be currently enrolled in a college or university program with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Proficiency in MS Office is required, while experience with AutoCAD, Revit, or Civil 3D is considered a plus.

Key skills

Civil engineeringEnvironmental engineeringData collectionTechnical writingHydraulic modelingExcelAutoCADRevitCivil 3DCommunication skillsPresentation skillsRelationship buildingProject designField investigationsTechnical memorandaAttention to detail

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Education requirements

bachelor degree

About Stantec

Industry

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

Employees

11

Size

10,001+ employees

Stantec provides professional design and consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, and project management. At Stantec, we offer integrated service delivery. We are one of the few industry leaders that can offer professional services throughout the entire infrastructure and facility life cycle: plan, design, build, monitor, assess, restore, and decommission. Continually striving to balance economic, environmental, and social responsibilities, we are recognized as a world-class leader and innovator in the delivery of sustainable solutions. Stantec supports the delivery of a continuous learning program focused on the principles of sustainable design, for the benefit of personnel, clients, and our community, following through on our goal to make our world a better place. A commitment to continuous learning and the understanding of sustainable design practices is key to Stantec's promise of environmental, social and economic sustainability. Stantec is registered with, and carries out projects funded by all the major International Funding Institutions. Projects are also carried out for private sector clients including utility and large multi-national companies. In 1954, Dr. Don Stanley, an environmental engineer, founded Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd. in Western Canada. Sixty years later, Stantec Consulting Ltd. has grown to encompass over 200 offices in North America and worldwide. The Stantec team of over 15,000 employees has completed more than 60,000 projects for over 6,000 clients in over 100 countries around the world. Our staff have successfully completed projects on six continents from Australia to Zambia for public and private sector clients. Stantec began working internationally in 1967 on a sewerage system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and has continued to do so for last 45 years. Stantec Consulting International Ltd. (SCIL) provides the specialized professional consulting services of Stantec to international funding agencies and clients in the government, institutional, industrial and commercial sectors. Corporate headquarters are located in the Stantec Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Additional international offices are located in Barbados; Puerto Rico; Qatar; the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates; the United Kingdom; and India. Project offices are located around the world specific to on-going projects.

Job categories

EngineeringEnvironmental & SustainabilityConstructionConsulting

Description

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. QUALIFICATIONS 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. 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. Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week. Benefits Summary: 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. The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Requirements

  • Civil engineering
  • Environmental engineering
  • Data collection
  • Technical writing
  • Hydraulic modeling
  • Excel
  • AutoCAD
  • Revit
  • Civil 3D
  • Communication skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Relationship building
  • Project design
  • Field investigations
  • Technical memoranda
  • Attention to detail

Benefits

  • Medical plan
  • Dental plan
  • Vision plan
  • Wellness program
  • Health saving accounts
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • 401(k) plan
  • Employee stock purchase program
  • Life insurance
  • Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
  • Short-term disability plan
  • Long-term disability plan
  • Emergency travel benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Professional membership fee coverage
  • Paid family leave
  • Paid holidays
  • Vacation
  • Paid sick leave

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