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Stantec

Civil Engineer In Training

On site

Red deer, Canada

Internship

03-12-2025

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Skills

Communication AutoCAD Training Public Speaking Organization Organizational Skills

Job Specifications

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

Our Red Deer office has an opportunity for a Civil EIT to join our group and help to support and grow our Water business. You should be able to evaluate, select, specify, and engineer systems or products for a project. You will perform a variety of tasks which may include calculations, field work, coordination of simple tasks, and meeting attendance and recording. The smaller projects that an entry level civil engineer may be assigned to will have relatively few complex features. In general, an entry level civil engineer will assist more senior engineers/designers by performing the routine aspects of civil engineering assignments.

The successful candidate shall be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

Eager to learn, a desire to take initiative
The drive to embrace continuous improvement as they develop in their career
Demonstrate a willingness to strive for excellence in all aspects of their work activities
Finds it personally rewarding to successfully meet and overcome challenges
Excellent team and communication skills
Demonstrate the ability to build client relationships
Flexibility to work beyond regular business hours when needed
Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks

Your Key Responsibilities

This role will be supporting multi-disciplinary municipal civil projects, related to existing or construction and infrastructure renewal as well as work occurring in a rural setting
Detailed studies and design tasks associated with water related projects including site civil, conveyance and water resources projects
Documenting the analysis clearly in MS Excel and MS Word files
Writing reports and design briefs
Taking responsibility for the quality of your written, technical, and graphic work, and for completing work on-time and on-budget
Coordinating design drawings and specification development
Attending internal, client and contractor meetings and documenting the meetings with minutes
Contract Administration as required for a wide variety of construction projects

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, responsibilities and projects and adjust to changing demands
Ability to work in a team environment
Commitment to thrive in a proactive organization where client service is second to none.
A strong knowledge of municipal infrastructure design and construction will be considered an asset.
Previous experience working with municipalities will be considered an asset.
Previous experience working one-on-one with clients, or public speaking will be considered an asset.
Working knowledge of various software for planning and design of facilities (AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D/Pipe Networks, ArcView GIS) will be considered an asset.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, with a background in Civil Engineering (preferably in the water and wastewater discipline), from an accredited university.
Registration with APEGA as a member in training.
Related Co-op/Internship experience preferred

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. 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) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismember

About the Company

Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more. Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community me... Know more