Civil Engineering Intern - Water (Summer 2026)

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.

Stantec is seeking a civil or environmental engineer student to work as an intern in our San Diego. 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.

Stantec is a place where you can apply your passions and collaborate with top talent on water infrastructure work that is impactful to our clients, our communities, and the industry at large. We see water in California a bit differently here—as a single, holistic system rather than disconnected networks split by jurisdictional and socio-economic boundaries. Throughout the life cycle of capture, treatment, use, reuse, and discharge, our team optimizes every facet of a water system to help communities tap into water’s full potential. Whether a project calls for planners, designers, construction managers, or facility operators, we have the right experts to provide creative, yet practical, water solutions that address our communities’ unique water needs, now and into the future.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a summer engineering Intern to join our multi-disciplinary team of integrated water professionals, each committed to delivering sound and strategic consulting services to a range of local, regional, state, and federal clients.

Your Key Responsibilities

Gain experience in various areas including:

• Water-related infrastructure, including water and stormwater conveyance, pump station, and water and wastewater treatment plants.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary teams on water projects throughout California and the western U.S.
• Conduct technical evaluations, supporting planning and design of water supply, water treatment, and wastewater projects.
• Coordinate with project managers, project engineers and staff, clients, regulatory agencies, and contractors.
• Assisting technical staff with various project tasks, including researching, compiling, and evaluating project data, preparing reports, performing calculations for design projects, along with exposure to CAD, GIS, and design.
• Assisting with field work, including water quality sampling.
• Perform project administration including preparation of reports, gathering of information, drafting proposals and correspondence, and completing progress reports.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work in diverse team environments, interacting with staff, clients, and stakeholders
• Willingness to perform field work as needed

Education and Experience

• Entering into (within 4 months) or in progress toward earning a Bachelor's degree (minimum) or Master’s degree in civil/environmental engineering, or related field
• Specific coursework or exposure to one or more of the following:
• CAD
• Modeling
• Engineering analyses and design
• Hydrology
• Hydraulics
• Water/wastewater treatment processes
• Civil, mechanical, or structural engineering design

Typical office environment working with computers and working at a desk for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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. At Stantec, we live our corporate values every day.

• Stantec was ranked the 5th most sustainable company in the world and the 1st in North America by Corporate Knights for our 2020 performance.
• In February 2021, Stantec announced a pledge to be carbon neutral for 2022 and achieve operational net-zero by 2030.
• Stantec is the only engineering design firm that has been rated a Climate Leader with an A- score by CDP for the last three years.
• Stantec has been named by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Employers and America’s Best Employers for Women. Additionally, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society selected Stantec as one of the Top 50 workplaces for Indigenous STEM professionals.

Join us and redefine your personal best.

Pay Range:

• $23.47 - $34.50 Hourly

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

Primary Location: United States | CA | San Diego

Organization: BC-1840 Water-US Pacific

Employee Status: Temporary

Business Justification: New Position

Travel: No

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 09/02/2026 09:02:29

Req ID: 1004127

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