Transportation Co-op Student - Winter 2027 - 8 Months

We create great places and the connections that get people and goods moving - whether by car, bus, train, plane, or their own two feet. Working within the context of the communities we serve, we provide planning, engineering, and infrastructure management services that fit the needs of our clients and improve the overall transportation experience. Join our team and help us keep communities connected.

Your Opportunity

We’re active members of our communities and our work – engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics – begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Our people remain at the core of what we do.

Whatever the distance, wherever the destination - our designs lead you there. Our Transportation group provides comprehensive planning, design, and engineering services for all phases of airport, bridge, rail, roadway, and transit projects. Join our team and help us keep communities connected.

Our Hamilton office is actively seeking a Transportation Engineering Coop student/Intern. Our group provides consulting services for Class Environmental Assessment, Preliminary Design, and Detail Design projects for public sector clients, including the Ministry of Transportation Ontario and several Ontario Southwest Regions and Municipalities.

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Your Key Responsibilities

As a Transportation Engineering Co-op student/Intern in our Hamilton Transportation Group, you will be involved in the planning and design of provincial highways, interchanges, and local municipal roads and assisting our structural engineering group with the inspection and design of bridges and structures. You will be responsible for assisting in the following areas:

• Preparing engineering drawings and plans using industry standard drafting principles;
• Documenting existing transportation conditions based on interpretation of survey plans and field reconnaissance;
• Identifying existing transportation deficiencies based on current design standards;
• Planning, preliminary design and detail design of transportation improvement projects; and
• Preparing content for reports and proposals.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• You are a self-motivated individual possessing strong written and verbal communication skills and demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy, and you work well in a team environment.
• You are proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Some working knowledge of transportation engineering related software such as AutoCad/Civil 3D/Inroads/OpenRoads is desirable. 

Education and Experience

• As the ideal candidate you are an independent worker who is working towards a post-secondary degree in Civil Engineering or diploma in Civil Engineering Technology
• Similar summer work-term or co-op experience would be considered as a definite asset for this position.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

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.

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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.

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) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, 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.