Automation Programmer Intern - Summer 2025 - Cleveland, OH

Embrace Your Possibilities: At Brown and Caldwell, an environmental engineering firm, we’re unlocking the potential of water and healthy environments to create thriving communities. Delivering on this shared purpose starts with our people: We recruit sharp, enthusiastic talent at the earliest levels of their career to build a strong foundation for the future. Through an internship at Brown and Caldwell, you’ll gain real-life, hands-on experience alongside our employee owners, engineers, scientists, consultants, and constructors who are driving positive change for our clients and communities. Here you’ll find opportunity for impact, community that lifts, support to thrive, and trust in you as you embark on your career journey.

So, what’s possible for you?

Brown and Caldwell has an opportunity for an Automation Engineering Intern to spend a summer working with our [Automation] team to support our Cleveland, OH office. We are seeking a motivated, achievement-oriented individual who wants to spend their summer gaining practical, hands-on experience outside of the classroom. We promise a collaborative environment where you will grow as a professional under the guidance of your supervisor and team and be trusted to support project objectives. Our work is interesting, challenging, wide-ranging in nature, and impactful for the communities we live in. We invite you to embrace your possibilities and join us to learn and develop with our team of nationally recognized experts!

Detailed Description:

As an Automation Engineering intern, you will support the design, implementation, testing, and start-up of industrial process automation control systems for municipal water/wastewater projects.  Our Automation Engineers come from a variety of backgrounds including electrical, mechanical, chemical, and mechatronics engineering with an emphasis on process controls and automation.

How Will You Make an Impact?

Interns at Brown and Caldwell make a daily, material impact by completing support duties to advance their team’s projects and objectives. They receive professional training and the support of their team. Interns can expect to be onboarded, mentored, and developed by industry leaders to develop real-life skills and make an impact on their assigned projects.

As an Automation Engineering Intern, you can expect your experience to include the following:

• Work closely with project managers, automation engineers, and other team members to execute work for drinking water, wastewater treatment, and conveyance infrastructure design projects.
• Assist with the preparation of design deliverables, including technical memoranda, reports, drawings, and specifications.
• Assist with the development, testing, and start-up of PLC, OIT, and SCADA programs
• Support municipal water and wastewater clients with pre-design tasks and alternative analysis.
• Communicate effectively and coordinate with project teams including other disciplines (drafters, designers, and other engineers).
• Check performance or conformity with plans and specifications to support engineering services during construction
• Conduct occasional field work as necessary to support project design or construction.
• Successfully manage and deliver assignments on time.
• Adhere to Brown and Caldwell’s QA/QC process.

Desired Skills and Experience:

To qualify for an internship, you must be enrolled in a full-time program (minimum nine credit hours per semester) seeking a degree in engineering, science, geology, or a related field. You also must be in good standing and carry an overall GPA of at least 3.0 in your core curriculum, as well as a minimum overall GPA of 3.0.

What Must Our Candidate Have? (Required)

• Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics Engineering Degrees.
• Junior, Senior, or Grad Student
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail
• Enthusiasm and skills for collaborating in a team environment.
• Self-starter, results-oriented, and ability to manage multiple tasks
• Ability and willingness to perform occasional field work at various locations.
• Strong aptitude for researching and solving technical problems.
• An interest in industrial automation, including PLCs, OITs, and SCADA systems
• The only physical requirement will be to walk-down client facilities.

Work Location/Schedule: Brown and Caldwell does not provide relocation or housing assistance for internship roles.

• Hybrid work schedule: 3 days in office at the Cleveland, Ohio Office, 2 days remote, occasional fieldwork

Salary Range: The hourly pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location a