Geotechnical Intern - Water (Fall 2026)

Your Opportunity

Our Lexington, KY has an opportunity for an intern student.  As an Intern, you will work in a team environment and have exposure to a variety of projects. Candidates should be highly motivated and dependable students who are taking or have taken civil engineering courses. This is a terrific opportunity for a college student to support a number of exciting local and national projects. 

Your Key Responsibilities    

• Assisting in project administration including writing reports, gathering information, drafting proposals, drafting correspondence, tracking project costs, and completing progress reports
• Assisting technical staff with various project tasks, including researching, compiling and evaluating project data, preparing reports and performing calculations for design projects
• Performing construction observations, assisting with geotechnical field work, or assisting in a geotechnical lab, as needed
• Complete other engineering/administrative duties as required

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Applicants should have excellent communication and organizational skills, and legible handwriting.
• A safety-oriented mindset.

Education and Experience

• In progress toward earning a bachelor's degree (minimum) in civil chemical, mechanical, or environmental engineering or related field
• Specific coursework or exposure to one or more of the following: Planning, design, construction of infrastructure, fluid mechanics, statistics, geotechnical engineering and construction management

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

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they’re facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we’re helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.