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.

Stantec is a global, multi-disciplinary firm that places innovation at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. At Stantec, we thoughtfully approach every water and natural resource project we undertake—whether at the local, regional, or watershed level— and execute it with excellence across all project phases. We partner with our clients and the communities they serve to design fit-for-purpose solutions that reinforce strengths and overcome challenges. Our experts lead their fields and guide our work with scientific rigor, an innovative spirit, and a vision for growth. We’re a place where you can apply your passion and collaborate with top talent on work that’s critical to our clients, our communities, and the industry at large. 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.

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Sacramento, California office is seeking a full-time Integrated Water Management Intern with experience focused on environmental or public sector economics, public policy, multi-party collaborative processes and/or integrated water resources planning and management. The selected candidate will contribute to both the Stantec North American Funding Program and the Integrated Water Management Team, working alongside analysts, public affairs specialists and community water planners to support a variety of integrated water resources planning analysis and management efforts in California and the Western US. Projects will range from those that impact groundwater management, safe drinking water, or stormwater management, to economics, pricing, infrastructure funding, and related assessments. If working in partnership with a range of local, regional, state, and federal clients and communities to plan, learn, teach, and implement challenging projects and studies appeals to you, join us.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Consulting to local governments on water resource economics, pricing, infrastructure funding, and financial analysis.

• Gaining and applying experience in California water resources management and governance, applicable laws/policies/regulations, and community engagement best practices.

• Developing informative, reader-friendly technical materials to educate and engage elected leaders, client staff, and community members.

• Planning for in-person, online, or “hybrid” public engagement meetings, including coordination of logistics, development of corresponding educational or presentational materials, and implementation of other strategic outreach efforts.

• Policy review and tracking of California state funding for water resources, infrastructure, water recycling, hazard mitigation, and climate resilience.

• Performing project administration tasks, including preparation of reports and memos, gathering information and design documents, drafting correspondence, and other activities as needed.

• Working in-person from the Sacramento office at least three days per week.

• Traveling within California as needed for project work, not to exceed 10%.

• Performing other duties as assigned.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills for working on multi-disciplinary teams of project managers, project engineers and staff, clients, regulatory agencies, and subcontractors, and with interested members of the public.

• Experience in one or more of the following subject matter areas is preferred, but not required: integrated water management, interactions with land and the environment, and interrelationships with social and economic development; public relations or communications, technical writing for a variety of audiences, and development of content for print media, social media, and video platforms; working knowledge of and interest in local government organizational structure, budgeting / reporting, infrastructure funding, and types of services they provide; visual communications, including website development and management; and urban, community, or regional planning, public administration, public policy, community development, or other social science.

Education and Experience

• Final year undergrad or progress towards a master's degree in: environmental management or analysis, environmental economics or public sector finance, sustainability or resilience studies, public policy (environmental or natural resources focus), or similar.

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.

Pay Range:

• $23.47 - $34.50 Hourly

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) 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.

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: United States | CA | Sacramento
Organization: BC-2248 Water-US M&T Consulting
Employee Status: Temporary
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 25/02/2026 04:02:12
Req ID: 1004555

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