Civil Engineering Intern-Water (Summer 2026)

Intern For Summer 2026

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they're facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we're helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world's most precious resource. Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Your Opportunity As an Intern for Summer 2026 based in our Cleveland office, you will work in a team environment and have exposure to a variety of water-related projects. Our projects involve drinking water and wastewater treatment and conveyance, wet weather flow management and treatment, flood protection and risk reduction, stream restoration, and other aspects of civil and environmental engineering. Candidates should be highly motivated and dependable students who are taking or have taken water resources and other civil engineering courses. This is a terrific opportunity for a college student to support a number of exciting local and national projects.

Your Key Responsibilities

Assist engineering and administrative staff with tasks such as:

• Data processing and management using GIS to support hydrologic and hydraulic modeling
• Preparing spreadsheets, graphs, and figures for design reports
• Preparing design and construction plans in AutoCAD Civil3D and Revit, specifications, quantity take-offs, and construction estimates
• Supporting construction phase projects with equipment submittal reviews
• Assisting with field work for data collection, site inspections, and observations
• Building surface models in AutoCAD Civil3D
• Supporting Project Managers with various tasks to advance and track project progress

Your Capabilities and Credentials

- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

- Desired software applications include AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, and ArcMap/GIS

- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

- Good organizational skills, reliable, detail-oriented, and capable of working independently on assigned tasks

- Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and take direction

- Exposure to H&H software applications including HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, SWMM is a plus

Education and Experience:

- Must be currently enrolled in an accredited degree program for Civil and/or Environmental Engineering degree

- Valid driver's license required.

- Previous internship or co-op experience is a plus

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. 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.

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 | OH | Cleveland

Organization: BC-1734 Water-US North Central

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: No

Schedule: Full time

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, 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.