What are the responsibilities and job description for the Interior Design Co-op/Intern - Buildings (Spring/Summer 2026) position at Stantec?
Your Opportunity
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.
You will work on tasks with close guidance and direction from a team of licensed Architects. In this entry-level Architectural Intern position, you will contribute to innovative and creative design solutions, leveraging sustainable products and green architecture sensibility as part of a multi-disciplinary team committed to the healthy future of the communities, we live in.
Your Key Responsibilities
In pursuit of or achieved a bachelor’s degree in architecture, interior design or related field. 0-3 years of experience. Internships and post-graduation work experience preferred. Application and development of planning, programming, site documentation and evaluation, presentation, rendering, public engagement, concept development, detail development, construction documentation, and construction phase support desired.
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. 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
Primary Location: United States | TX | Dallas
Organization: BC-4005 Buildings-US Acquisition PSP Dallas A&ID
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 29/12/2025 05:12:45
Req ID: 1003530
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.
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.
You will work on tasks with close guidance and direction from a team of licensed Architects. In this entry-level Architectural Intern position, you will contribute to innovative and creative design solutions, leveraging sustainable products and green architecture sensibility as part of a multi-disciplinary team committed to the healthy future of the communities, we live in.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Team member on a variety of projects in corporate and academic science and technology, industrial, corporate office, and municipal markets.
- Leverage creativity, critical thought, and design excellence to solve problems, add value, and elevate the human environment.
- Conceptualize place making and building design from functional and aesthetic perspectives within a client’s requirements, budget, and program.
- Develops designs through sketches, physical models, electronic models, diagrams, massing studies, and other visual formats to express the design intent and communicate to the project team, client, and building user groups.
- Utilizes BIM technologies in the development of three-dimensional models of buildings and their components.
- Work within a multi-disciplinary team of architects, engineers, and designers to develop conceptually relevant and functionally exceptional solutions for our clients and our communities.
- Evaluate and coordinate building systems and materials to ensure compatibility with the design intent.
- Participates in the development of the program and other pre-design efforts.
- Develop coordinated construction documents as part of a multi-discipline team.
- Stay with projects from planning, through design, bidding, and construction phase services.
- Work with a team committed to your development that will support you on your path to licensure, growth, and leadership.
- Perform site surveys to document building conditions. Review shop drawings and submittals for building systems.
- Participation in professional and community organizations encouraged and supported.
- Strong understanding of Revit and AutoCad. Experience utilizing BIM and CAD professionally.
- Strong presentation and rendering skills desired.
- Able to coordinate construction document production with all team members across disciplines.
- Well-rounded understanding of all components of a building including Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Systems as well as materials and constructability.
- Be a good listener, a good communicator and develop strong working relationships with clients and staff
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and assignments
- Able to interpret sketches, drawings, codes, building programs and other similar materials.
- Able to apply accessibility codes, applicable building codes, and life-safety codes to a wide variety of project scopes and complexity.
- Understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, and AutoCAD; Prefer experience with Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUP, and Lumion.
- Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
In pursuit of or achieved a bachelor’s degree in architecture, interior design or related field. 0-3 years of experience. Internships and post-graduation work experience preferred. Application and development of planning, programming, site documentation and evaluation, presentation, rendering, public engagement, concept development, detail development, construction documentation, and construction phase support desired.
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. 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
Primary Location: United States | TX | Dallas
Organization: BC-4005 Buildings-US Acquisition PSP Dallas A&ID
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 29/12/2025 05:12:45
Req ID: 1003530
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.