Civil Engineering Internships: 2027 Guide

Civil engineering internships on Intern Insider already include summer 2027 seats in structural design, transportation, water resources, geotechnical work, and construction. When this guide was written, the civil engineering field page listed 4,936 open internships for civil engineering students from 928 companies, and 423 of them were added this week.

That page is the wider set: internships open to civil engineering students, including titles that are not civil engineer. The civil and structural roles page groups jobs by the work. It listed 2,184 open internships from 460 companies, and 186 were added this week. A posting can appear on one page and not the other, so check both. The posting you apply through is the final word on its own terms.

For how firms read a resume and what the interviews cover, use how to get a civil and structural engineering internship.

Civil engineering internships open now#

The United States field page listed 4,620 open internships from 868 companies. The Canada field page listed 310 from 95 companies. The United States roles page listed 2,125 from 438 companies. The Canada roles page listed 58 from 32 companies.

Consulting and design firms with open civil roles include Kimley-Horn, AECOM, Stantec, WSP, HDR, Jacobs, Burns & McDonnell, and Hatch. Contractors include Kiewit and PCL Construction. Public employers on the same pages include the Gouvernement du Québec and the State of Oklahoma.

Company pages count every open internship. When this guide was written they listed 108 at Kimley-Horn, 222 at HDR, 205 at WSP, 182 at Stantec, 86 at Kiewit, 51 at Jacobs, 245 at Burns & McDonnell, and 3 at AECOM. All 3 AECOM listings are in Akron, Ohio.

Civil engineering internships near me#

Houston listed 63 from 38 companies. Charlotte listed 56 from 38. Dallas listed 53 from 32. Chicago listed 47 from 28. New York listed 37 from 22. In Canada, the Toronto field page listed 38 open internships for civil engineering students from 19 companies.

What the open roles ask you to do#

Each listing below was open when this guide was written, asks for a student who is still enrolled, and is marked paid. ABET, where a listing uses it, is the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. GPA is the grade point average. CAD is computer-aided design. GIS is a geographic information system.

The same employers split structural, transportation, water, and construction work into separate titles.

Kimley-Horn, Structural Intern is on-site in Roseville, California, for Summer 2027, on bridges and retaining walls, at 30.00 to 31.00 dollars per hour, for an ABET-accredited program. Kiewit, Structural Engineer Intern is on-site in Lenexa for Summer 2027 and asks for structural analysis, strength of materials, and steel or concrete coursework. It prefers a GPA above 3.0, and it names SAP2000, Mathcad, and Navisworks. WSP, Structural Engineering Intern runs 12 weeks from May 17, 2027, in Lakewood, Colorado, or Richmond, Virginia, at 19 to 30 dollars per hour, for graduation in May 2028 or later. It asks for United States work authorization. Sponsorship is not available, and there is no relocation or housing assistance. Stantec, Structural Co-op Student - Buildings is a Winter 2027 co-op of 4 to 8 months in Victoria or Vancouver, after the third year of a structural-focused civil degree.

Stantec, Transportation Engineering Intern - Infrastructure is on-site in Houston for Summer 2027 and can cover highways, bridges, traffic, or airports. It asks for junior year plus AutoCAD and MicroStation, and it states no citizenship rule. HDR, Transportation Roadway Intern is on-site in Dallas for Summer 2027, prefers two years and a 3.0 GPA, and says sponsorship is not available. Jacobs, Civil Engineering Intern (Roadway Design) is hybrid in Anchorage and Yakima for Summer 2027. It asks for a rising junior, highway coursework, a 3.0 GPA, a previous internship, and AutoCAD, Civil 3D, or Microstation. Pay is 47,300 to 65,000 dollars per year, paid hourly, and it requires work authorization without visa sponsorship.

Kimley-Horn, Civil Engineering Intern - Water/Wastewater is on-site in Sacramento for Summer 2027 and asks for an ABET-accredited program. HDR, Water Resources Intern is on-site in Portland on a rolling term and prefers two years and a 3.0 GPA. AECOM, Engineering Intern is on-site in Akron for Summer 2027, starting in May or June 2027, on water and wastewater design and construction administration. It asks for at least two years of a civil or environmental degree, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS Pro, a driver's license, and United States citizenship. Students who finish a bachelor's and continue into a master's program are also eligible.

Stantec, Geotechnical Engineering Intern is on-site in Houston for Summer 2027 in the hydro and dams group. It asks for three years of geotechnical, civil, or geological coursework, and the duties name GeoStudio, RocScience, and Bluebeam. It states no citizenship rule. WSP, Geotechnical Engineering Intern is on-site in New York for 12 weeks from May 17, 2027, at 19 to 30 dollars per hour, for graduation in August 2027 or later. It asks for United States work authorization at the start and provides no relocation or housing assistance.

Kiewit, Field Engineer Intern is on-site in Lenexa for Summer 2027, on estimates, schedules, and site safety. It asks for civil, mechanical, or electrical engineering, or construction management, in progress, and for United States work authorization without sponsorship. Jacobs, Construction Management Intern is hybrid for Summer 2027, including New York, Boston, Chicago, and Washington, DC, at 45,000 to 65,000 dollars per year, paid hourly. It requires work authorization without sponsorship. Ferrovial, Webber Field Engineer Intern - Heavy Civil is on-site in Houston and does not name a season. It covers safety, survey, estimating, and field engineering for students in a four-year civil, mechanical, or environmental program, or construction science. Burns & McDonnell, Civil Engineering Intern is on-site in Kansas City on a rolling term. It asks for a civil bachelor's in progress and for work in the United States without future visa sponsorship, and it strongly prefers a 3.0 GPA. It does not state a pay figure.

Hatch, Civil Engineering Intern is on-site in Montreal on a rolling term, for a civil bachelor's in progress with graduation in 2027 or later. PCL Construction, Engineering Student is on-site in Edmonton for Winter 2027 and names Primavera P6 and AutoCAD. Neither states a pay figure. The Quebec ministry traffic studies intern sits with the Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable in Montreal, from January 11, 2027 to April 30, 2027, hybrid at 37.5 hours a week. It asks for civil engineering enrollment, French, a class 5 driver's license, an ASP construction-site safety card, and authorization to work in Canada. The State of Oklahoma, University Design Team Intern is part-time, at least 20 hours a week, and paid with no figure stated. Level I is for an Oklahoma State University student with a bachelor's in progress and 30 credit hours. Level II asks for a completed bachelor's degree. It asks for United States citizenship or legal residence and a 2.5 GPA.

The Boston rail listing also names AREMA, the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association. A master's in civil engineering is a plus on that listing. The Stantec Houston transportation listing, like the water listing above, does not state a citizenship rule.

Licensure#

No listing linked in this guide asks for a Professional Engineer license. The Jacobs rail listing prefers EIT certification and does not spell the abbreviation out. NCEES describes the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam as generally the first step toward becoming a licensed professional engineer, for recent graduates and students close to finishing an undergraduate degree from an EAC/ABET-accredited program. EAC is the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. State and provincial boards set the title you receive after the exam, so confirm the rule where you plan to work. The other forms linked here do not ask for the exam.

How and when to apply for summer 2027#

Summer 2027 civil roles are already posted. The Summer 2027 internships page listed 19,693 open internships from 2,782 companies when this guide was written. That count is every field, not civil engineering alone. The Winter 2027 internships page listed 5,691 from 1,443 companies. Hatch, the Burns & McDonnell civil listing, and the HDR water resources listing use a rolling term, so those seats are not tied to one season on the page.

Intern Insider shows an apply-by date on each listing in this guide. The date is on the listing page. Read the posting again on the day you apply. In our analysis of when internship postings really close, about a third of postings are already gone by the time their own stated deadline arrives. The summer 2027 application timeline shows when employer waves tend to open.

Check citizenship, sponsorship, class year, and GPA on the posting before you apply, and put the software and coursework that posting names near the top of the resume. The tech internship resume guide and the university internship resume guide cover the bullets. Neighboring field guides are mechanical engineering internships and electrical engineering internships.

Recheck the civil engineering roles page on the day you apply. To compare this field with the rest of the board, browse all open internships.