Engineering Internship - Water Resources

Olsson offers clients a full spectrum of water services, including planning, design, permitting, and construction phase services. As a summer 2025 engineering student intern with our Water Resources team, you will perform meaningful, hands-on, real-world work that will transform your classroom experience and help you envision your future career. You will work closely with other team members and engineers on client projects related to hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for stormwater and flood control management, floodplain management, and scour and erosion control. You’ll provide project design utilizing AutoCAD, MicroStation, or GIS/ArcMap. You’ll assist with performing technical analysis, preparing construction documents, performing research, and writing technical reports. Depending on the projects, you may also have the opportunity to travel to job sites for field observation.

We have one current internship opening and will consider candidates interested in being located out of either our Denver, CO or Loveland, CO office locations.

Requirements

You are passionate about:

• Working collaboratively with others
• Having ownership in the work you do
• Using your talents to positively affect communities

You bring to the team:

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to contribute and work well on a team
• Pursuing a bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and GIS preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook
• Strong attention to detail
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills

Additional information

Olsson is a nationally recognized, employee-owned firm specializing in planning and design, engineering, field services, environmental, and technology. Founded in 1956 on the very mindset that drives us today, we’re here to improve communities by making them more sustainable, better connected, and more efficient. Simply put, we work to leave the world better than we found it.

Olsson offers a comprehensive summer internship program designed to provide valuable learning experiences for our interns. As a student intern, you’ll also receive:

• Paid holidays and volunteer time off
• Mentorship from our experienced staff
• Exposure to members of our executive team through our webinar series
• Networking opportunities through local office events
• Opportunities to develop your technical and soft skills

Typical hourly range for this position is $20-24+ and is commensurate with experience relative to the position.

Olsson is an EEO employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, or military status.

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