Geotechnical Engineering Intern

Description

Now accepting applications for the summer of 2025!

An internship at ENGEO is more than just a summer job. ENGEO 360° is a comprehensive summer internship program designed for talented university students to explore many facets of a professional technical consulting career in a dynamic, empowering environment. We give our interns a perspective of geotechnical, geoenvironmental, hydrologic, and geologic engineering consulting. This office internship will expose the interns to three interrelated aspects of engineering: office, laboratory, and field experience.

Internship Goals

• Provide a meaningful learning experience for talented students
• Experience a leading engineering consulting firm
• Make great contacts with a number of talented mentors
• Find out what makes ENGEO unique

Structure

You will primarily split your time between office and field work, but you will also spend up to one week in one of our soil labs! You will be supported by a Servant Leader, Go-To buddy, technical leaders, project managers, and others to help you have a successful internship experience.

Field (as scheduled TBD on availability)

• GOAL: Observe performance and natural state of earth materials; understand how designs are implemented in field; gain an appreciation for large-scale construction projects.
• Attend Nuclear Gauge Training - onsite
• Perform basic tasks
• Well monitoring and observation, site visits and staking, sampling, courier samples
• Assist/'shadow' staff in more complex tasks
• Drilling, phase I ESAs, field mapping, fault trenching

Office (Design/Analysis)

• Goal: Put it together…Synthesize knowledge of construction materials on 'micro' and 'macro' scale into engineering analysis and design
• Depending on knowledge base, assist technical staff in a variety of roles
• Drafting, calculations, cross-sections, developing lab programs, boring logs, report preparation
• As appropriate, client engagements and meetings

Laboratory - Spend 1 week in one of our 4 Lab Locations - San Ramon, Lathrop, Rocklin or Valencia

• GOAL: Expand understanding of construction materials properties;      increase familiarity with standard testing procedures.
• Work with ENGEO laboratory operations systems
• Assist with laboratory tests, including:
• Compaction curves
• Cylinders
• Atterberg limits
• Gradation

Let's have fun!

• You are part of the family! - Events - picnics, barbecues, informal social outings
• Intern workshop and team event - in the corporate office

Requirements

Our Ideal Candidate

• Prefer senior standing majoring in civil engineering, strong interest in geotechnical, or ideally B.S. Civil students going into      Masters Geotech, Environmental or Water Resources Programs
• If not a senior, it is required for students to have taken a soils introduction class
• Good academic standing - ideal GPA 3.5 or higher
• Access to a vehicle for the summer - field appropriate preferred
• Clean driving record
• Proof of vehicle insurance
• Valid Driver’s License
• Pass pre-employment exams - urine drug screen
• Ability to manage oneself - looking to be led in a challenging and fast-paced environment.
• Some who shares the ENGEO Vision, Mission, and Core Values.

VISION - An inspired team that brings optimal solutions with astounding service

MISION - Apply cutting edge technical expertise, empower people to achieve their potential, elevate our profession.

CORE VALUES - Selfless commitment to success of others. serve beyond expectations, live with impeccable integrity, be your own boss, accountability and collaboration in all we do.