2025 Internship - Water Resources Engineering (Sacramento, CA) at Woodard and Curran in Sacramento, California

Job Description:

Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate diverse teams and encourage collaboration in an equitable and inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. That's how we make a difference to our clients, people, and the planet.
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Who We Are Looking For:

• We are looking for a motivated Civil and Environmental Engineering Intern to join our company.


• If you want to jumpstart your career and expand your skills while working alongside talented experts, then this is the opportunity for you!


• You will be involved with project work from your first day, working side-by-side with experienced engineers and scientists to help clients address their water and environmental challenges.


• Exercise your creativity and problem solving skills in a supportive environment where every perspective is valued.


• We are a mission-driven organization that puts our people first, with a culture that focuses on providing meaningful work, engaging challenges, recognition, and reward.

What You Will Be Doing at Woodard & Curran:

• Duties and responsibilities vary based on level of experience and project expectations.


• An intern will generally shadow experienced professionals and participate as a member of a team by contributing to actual projects.


• Interns are able to apply what they have learned "from the classroom" via experience based-learning.

What You Will Need To Succeed:

• The ideal candidate will be a second or third year Civil, Environmental, or Chemical Engineering student.


• Specific classes taken should include a mix of the following: Hydraulics, Hydrology, Wastewater Treatment, Stormwater Design, Pavement Design, Soils, Computer Aided Design & Drafting (CADD), and Fluid Mechanics.


• Experience or interest in site/civil engineering, wastewater collection system design and rehabilitation.


• GIS, and AutoCAD is desired.

* We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this job opening.

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$18.45 - $27.68 an hour

Pay:

This position's anticipated pay range is provided above; final exempt salary or non-exempt hourly pay will be dependent on experience level as well as considering a % based geographic differential based on where the final candidate will be working. Geographic differentials are used to recognize and reflect cost of labor differences between geographic markets.

Annual Incentive Bonus Opportunity:

Eligible positions may receive an annual cash bonus based on the role's organizational level, and is represented as a percentage range of eligible earnings.

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Benefits & Wellbeing

Retirement Savings:

• 401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: Company will match equal to 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed, All employees are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan and are 100% vested in the value of own contributions and any employer matching contributions.

Time away from work:

• Vacation time is provided to full and part-time regular employees. Vacation is accrued, based on number of hours worked per week as well as prior years of experience.

• Woodard & Curran offers paid sick time to eligible employees who are absent due to their own non-work related, illness, injury, or medical procedure.

• Woodard & Curran provides up to 80 hours of Paid Parental Leave for child bonding in a 12-month period.

• Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance from Sun Life to assist with replacing a portion of your income in the event of non-job-related illness or injury. Eligible employees are automatically enrolled and eligible immediately.

Coverage and support for your needs and wellbeing:

Personal and Family health: Company offers three medical plan options based on geography; plus HSA and PSA plans are available based on eligibility, additional options include dental and vision plans.

Company provides basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits; additional voluntary life insurance for employee and family are available through Sun Life.

WayForward powered by Dario: EAP Program combined with personalized mental health and wellbeing coaching.

LiveWell wellbeing program: credit incentive is available, up to $600 annually - nutrition and fitness reimbursement, and access to the Virgin Pulse wellness platform.

Education: Tuition assistance offers eligible employees up to 100% reimbursement of tuition, books and fees up to $5250 per year, for courses related to the employee's job or planned career development.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement

Woodard & Curran is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply. We are committed to ensuring our employment practices are non-discriminatory and based solely on job-related factors. To read our entire Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement, click here . To view the Workplace Discrimination Is Illegal poster and supplement, click here .

If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to apply, please contact Beth Sweitzer .

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We value diversity, equity and inclusion and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.

Woodard & Curran believes that complex teams working together in an equitable, inclusive space provides the best opportunity for achieving our vision of clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. Our success is tied to a culture that embraces our differences so that everyone can bring their whole, authentic selves to work. When our people are supported to reach their full potential, we provide the most innovative, sound, and effective solutions.