Water Co-op Student - Winter 2027

Job summary

Assist engineers and designers with field and office assignments, including research, report writing, surveying, inspections, data processing, and modeling. Contribute to conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs for municipal infrastructure such as treatment plants, pumping stations, sewers, watermains, and roads.

Job details

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.\ #Student Your Opportunity Our Water group is seeking Co-op Students to join our team in the Ottawa, ON office for a 4-8 month term starting in January 2027. Your Key Responsibilities Assisting the engineers and designers in a variety of field and office assignments that include research, writing reports, conceptual, preliminary and detailed designs of municipal infrastructure, pumping stations, water/wastewater treatment plants, sewers, watermains, roads, surveying, field inspections, data processing, modeling etc. QUALIFICATIONS Your Capabilities and Credentials Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and take direction Knowledge of provincial and federal regulations, policies, and programs, are a plus Education and Experience In progress toward earning a Bachelor's degree (minimum) in civil, water resources or environmental engineering or related field. Specific coursework or exposure to one or more of the following: Planning, design, construction of water/wastewater infrastructure, and construction management, Environmental water/wastewater treatment processes, Advanced and emerging technologies. 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. 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. 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 & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off. Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account. The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

What you’ll do

Assist engineers and designers with field and office assignments, including research, report writing, surveying, inspections, data processing, and modeling. Contribute to conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs for municipal infrastructure such as treatment plants, pumping stations, sewers, watermains, and roads.

Requirements

Applicants must be pursuing at least a bachelor's degree in civil, water resources, environmental engineering, or a related field. They should be proficient with Microsoft Office, communicate effectively, manage multiple priorities, and ideally have coursework or exposure to water and wastewater infrastructure, treatment processes, construction management, or emerging technologies.

Benefits

• Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan • Employee Stock Purchase Program • Group Tax-Free Savings Account

Listed skills

• written communication · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred
• Multitasking · Preferred
• Prioritization · Preferred
• Microsoft Word · Preferred
• interpersonal communication · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Interpersonal Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Multitasking
• Prioritization
• Following Direction
• Report Writing
• Field Inspections
• Data Processing
• Modeling
• Surveying
• Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Design
• Field Inspection
• Pump Stations
• Time Off Management
• Emerging Technologies
• Planning
• Research
• Construction
• Communication
• Construction Management
• Environmental Engineering
• Innovation
• Wastewater
• Sewage Treatments
• Water Resources

Job areas

• Engineering
• Environmental & Sustainability
• Construction
• Human Resources Co-Op/Intern
• Water / Wastewater Engineer
• Civil Engineers
• Water/Wastewater Engineers