Engineering Intern - Energy (Summer 2026)

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.

Explore a career that takes on one of the world’s largest challenges – Energy. At Stantec, you can become part of a team that designs local, national, and international power delivery projects that power the globe with safe, reliable, renewable and clean energy. Stantec is an industry leading consultant engineering firm that is actively involved with a wide range of power delivery projects.

Your Opportunity

Stantec's Energy practice has an opportunity for highly motivated Engineering Student Interns to join our team in Southern California to work on power delivery projects. This is a great opportunity to work with industry leading professionals in your field of study.

Candidates should be highly motivated and dependable students who are taking or have taken applicable mechanical engineering courses. This is a terrific opportunity for a college student to make impactful contributions to relevant projects, learn about the hydropower and consulting engineering industries, and earn a competitive wage!

Your Key Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for a variety of design projects, coordination with other engineering disciplines and CAD designers.
• Responsibilities will include drawing production (CAD drafting, sketches, etc.), review of design calculations and report preparation, product research and outreach, occasional site visits, and various project-related tasks.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Excellent analytical, organizational, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Self-motivated
• Basic understanding of CAD drafting software (i.e., AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Inventor, and/or Revit), and MS Office software

Education and Experience

• Enrollment in an accredited Engineering program
• At least one year of college education and are within approximately three years of graduation
• At least a 3.0 GPA is 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.