Water Co-op Student - Winter 2025

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.

Many of the world’s top engineers and scientists come together in our Water business because they view a community’s interaction with water a bit differently—as a single holistic system, rather than unconnected networks divided by jurisdictional boundaries. Working throughout the hydrologic cycle, we are delivering sustainable solutions to make sure water is where it should be and available when needed. Our experts guide our work with scientific rigor, an innovative spirit, and a vision for growth. Every day, we help communities improve, reuse, and protect this precious resource for future generations. By 2025 we’re hiring 2,000 people (like you) to join our team. Grow with us, H2O+U. 

Your Opportunity

Our Water group is seeking a Co-op Student to join our team in the Ottawa, ON office for a 4-month term starting January 2026. 

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. 

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.