Water Resources Engineering Intern

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description :

Arcadis is searching for an Water Resources Engineering Intern to join our Water / Wastewater team in Chicago, IL.

We are looking for dedicated, creative, and energetic candidates interested in tackling challenges and developing sustainable solutions to address water issues like quality, scarcity, reuse, management, and resilience. Collaborating with our experienced water professionals, you will support and drive the development of projects, interact and work with clients, and develop your technical capabilities. Arcadis provides multiple onboarding and development programs created for our young professionals that support professional growth and help drive creativeness, innovation, and greater integration within our local, national and global teams.

Role accountabilities :

As a Water Resources Engineering Intern, you will have the opportunity to contribute to projects focusing on water / wastewater / stormwater treatment and conveyance. Your responsibilities will include assisting in project evaluation, planning, and design activities, as well as supporting the development of sustainability and resilience projects. You will gain hands-on experience by participating in fieldwork tasks like site visits, sampling, and water quality analyses. Additionally, you will assist in asset management projects, utilize data analytics, and contribute to the preparation of reports and presentations for client meetings.

Throughout your internship, you will work closely with team members to ensure project compliance with company standards and health and safety regulations, while also learning to manage databases, SQL server (including reporting and integration services), cloud-based computing services and configuration of interactive dashboards.

You will employ digital tools like Power BI and SharePoint, and collaborate effectively with colleagues across different locations. This role is ideal for current students pursuing degrees in Civil or Environmental Engineering with a passion for water engineering and sustainability, strong communication skills, and a willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.

What skills you need :

• Experience / familiarity with AutoCAD, ArcGIS, and / or Revit
• Flexibility, displaying the initiative and ability to take on new projects and other challenges regularly.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to work on multiple tasks with varying deadlines simultaneously
• Strong attention to detail and work ethic with the desire to work in a fast-paced environment with an interdisciplinary team of engineers / scientist

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Required Qualifications :

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Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for part-time, as needed positions. These benefits include EAP, 401K, and optional wellbeing benefits. The salary range for this position is $20.00- $30.00 / hour.

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