Job Description

Job description:
Civil Engineering Summer Student - Buildings (Summer 2025) - ( 240004C5 )
Description
The infrastructure that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didnt have to be true? What if our built environment where we live, learn, play, and conduct business carried us forward instead?
Our Infrastructure practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future join us!
Your Opportunity
We currently have an opening for a Civil Engineering student in our Whitehorse, YT office. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting data collection and analysis, surveying, field reviews during construction, and design / drafting assistance in our Civil Engineering group, along with some support work with our multi-disciplinary projects. The successful candidate will receive a very broad range of experiences by supporting more than one team.
Your Key Responsibilities
Fulfilling health and safety requirements
Providing logistical support for reporting and field work
Data entry/administration
Field work to observe construction
Design and drafting for water, wastewater and transportation infrastructure projects
Qualifications
Your Capabilities and Credentials
Eager to learn with a desire to take initiative
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
Adaptability, organization, critical thinking, self-motivation, a keen willingness to learn, a love of the outdoors, wilderness and travel experience, attention to detail, succinct writing ability, and ability to multitask
Flexibility to travel and work beyond regular business hours
Strong MS Office Suite skills, a clean drivers license and vehicle are required
Additional skills such as current First Aid training is an asset but is not required
Education and Experience

• The successful candidate must be currently enrolled in an accredited university degree program in Civil or Environmental Engineering and be available to work starting in May 2025 for at least a 4-month work term.

Typical office environment working with computers. Field work included may be long days (12 hours), in challenging remote locations, last minute schedule changes, and exposure to the elements including inclement weather. Ability to lift and move items and equipment up to 50 lbs.
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 will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, 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.
Primary Location : Canada-Yukon-Whitehorse
Organization : BC-1449 Buildings-CA North
Employee Status : Temporary
Job Level : Entry Level
Travel : Yes, 50 % of the Time
Schedule : Full-time
Job Posting : Nov 27, 2024, 7:41:33 AM
Req ID: 240004C5
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans