Engineering Intern -Buildings (Summer 2024)

Description

Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world's leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Your Opportunity

Join a Top 10 global design firm in our Texas buildings practice that provides Buildings Engineering, Architecture and Interior Design services with a long history and deep commitment to the education sector.

Our practice is renowned for creating high-performance and award-winning buildings and interiors. We're passionate about the design quality of the built environment and create designs that are timeless, intelligent, and sustainable. This is the place where great ideas and rewarding careers call home. In our multidisciplinary, team-based environment, collaboration is key among a talented group of architects, engineers, interior designers, and project managers, who work together to create innovative and integrated solutions for a wide range of clients.

Our summer Internship program begins May 2024 and runs through August 2024. Our Interns will will collaborate across our interdisciplinary, North American Buildings practice.

We are seeking passionate interns who possess excellent design, modeling, organizational and communication skills, which will enable them to interact within a multidisciplinary team of architectural/engineering/interior design professionals. Successful Interns will possess the creativity, curiosity, motivation, and skills necessary to create conceptual models and advance design ideas with a team.

Our Summer Internship Program includes the following elements to create an internship experience that supports exposure to the industry, leaders, and work experience in support of licensure hours.

• Internship Program Kick-off Day

• Project site visits

• Cross-office Internship Project

• Educational lunch & learns/seminars

• Participation in design presentation and dialogues.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Conducts basic interpretations of drawings, codes, and other similar materials.

• Performs design for the electrical, mechanical, or structural discipline using BIM technologies to develop three dimensional models of buildings and their components under direction of senior staff.

• Conduct basic calculations and lay outs to analyze and design individual building system components.

• Works with project managers and technical design staff to prepare and revise drawing documentation in various engineering phases including site plans, floor plans, elevations, building sections, details, energy models, and calculations.

• Creates electronic data files in compliance with Stantec and client requirements.

• Converts redlines to document-ready work.

• Publishes, posts, and manages drawing sets.

• Maintains drawing revisions.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Ability to perform basic calculations and a basic understanding of engineering concepts.

• Basic experience with modeling/drafting software (Autodesk Revit) preferred.

• Basic experience with design software (Trane Trace, EQuest,) preferred.

• Basic understanding of floor plans, one lines, and details.

• Has familiarity with electrical, lighting, and technology design within the built environment is preferred.

• Working knowledge of CAD MEP and Revit MEP are preferred.

• Working knowledge of Building Information Modeling.

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Education and Experience

• Must be in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's in Electrical, Mechanical, or Structural Engineering from an accredited university. Completion of the junior year is preferred.

• Up to 2 years of related project or internship experience is preferred.

Please note: We are looking for someone who is currently pursuing an Engineering degree from an accredited school. If you have already graduated, please check our website for other full-time positions that might be more suitable for you.

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.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees 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.

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