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Entry Level Civil Engineer

Prairie Engineers, P.C.
Springfield, IL Intern
POSTED ON 8/20/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/17/2026
Build your career with Prairie Engineers, an award-winning firm!

Join a collaborative team that fuels your growth and rewards your dedication. We're a team looking to make a lasting impact and want people who embrace challenges, drive change, and help shape our collective future. If that's you, let's connect!

Prairie Engineers is a growing and progressive business. You will find opportunities for career advancement, a diverse range of clients, and varied projects across the nation. We value a people-focused culture, a "can-do" attitude, and responsiveness. Give us your best and we'll give you ours! We offer a flexible work environment, mentoring, and career growth plans to meet your individual needs while providing a competitive salary and benefits. We will accommodate full-time or part-time schedules in our Champaign, Columbia or Springfield, Illinois or Hannibal, Missouri offices.

What you Need:

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from an ABETaccredited university.
  • Primary Interest: Transportation or water resources engineering.
  • Travel: Willingness to travel within the United States to meet project requirements.
  • Safety: Valid driver's license with a clean driving record.
  • Licensure: Current licensure as an Engineer Intern or the ability to obtain with the first 6 months of employment.

What you will Do:

  • Planning, design, and construction phase services for a variety of projects and client types.
  • Coordinate staff activities with surveyors, engineers, environmental scientists, and CADD technicians.

What you can Add:

  • Software: Experience in GIS, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D
  • Experience: Previous experience or internships

How you Align:

  • People Focused: Professional, respectful, and teamoriented with a strong work ethic and the ability to collaborate internally and externally.
  • Can Do Attitude: Positively engages with challenges, facilitates problemsolving, and takes initiative to deliver solutions.
  • Responsive: Communicates openly, proactively, and promptly, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Salary range: $62,000 - $85,000 determined by education, experience, licensure, and knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, as well as internal and external benchmarking.

Check out the Careers page at prairieengineers.com for details on the attractive benefits package available including 401(k), medical insurance on day one, generous paid time off, professional development, and to find out why employees chose to join our team. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information (including family medical history), or any other legally protected status.

Potential candidates for this position should include cover letter and resume. We are interested in every qualified candidate who is authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. However, we are unable to sponsor current or future visas for this position.

Salary : $62,000 - $85,000

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