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Transportation Co-op Student (Summer 2026) – 4 or 6 Month Term

CompanyStantec
LocationWinnipeg
Work ModeOn Site
PostedApril 22, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
As a Summer Student, you will assist project teams with daily onsite construction activities and ensure infrastructure projects are completed according to design specifications. You will also support survey field crews and assist with construction observations and contract administration.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
10
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Stantec provides professional design and consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, and project management. At Stantec, we offer integrated service delivery. We are one of the few industry leaders that can offer professional services throughout the entire infrastructure and facility life cycle: plan, design, build, monitor, assess, restore, and decommission. Continually striving to balance economic, environmental, and social responsibilities, we are recognized as a world-class leader and innovator in the delivery of sustainable solutions. Stantec supports the delivery of a continuous learning program focused on the principles of sustainable design, for the benefit of personnel, clients, and our community, following through on our goal to make our world a better place. A commitment to continuous learning and the understanding of sustainable design practices is key to Stantec's promise of environmental, social and economic sustainability. Stantec is registered with, and carries out projects funded by all the major International Funding Institutions. Projects are also carried out for private sector clients including utility and large multi-national companies. In 1954, Dr. Don Stanley, an environmental engineer, founded Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd. in Western Canada. Sixty years later, Stantec Consulting Ltd. has grown to encompass over 200 offices in North America and worldwide. The Stantec team of over 15,000 employees has completed more than 60,000 projects for over 6,000 clients in over 100 countries around the world. Our staff have successfully completed projects on six continents from Australia to Zambia for public and private sector clients. Stantec began working internationally in 1967 on a sewerage system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and has continued to do so for last 45 years. Stantec Consulting International Ltd. (SCIL) provides the specialized professional consulting services of Stantec to international funding agencies and clients in the government, institutional, industrial and commercial sectors. Corporate headquarters are located in the Stantec Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Additional international offices are located in Barbados; Puerto Rico; Qatar; the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates; the United Kingdom; and India. Project offices are located around the world specific to on-going projects.
About the Role

Learning begins in the classroom but there’s no better place to gain real-world experience than with Stantec. Interns are an integral part of our teams, working to solve some of the world's most complex challenges.

As an intern, you’ll work alongside our experienced practitioners and with our clients and communities. This hands-on experience will equip you with practical skills, build your network, and provide opportunities that set you up for success.

Your Opportunity

Our Winnipeg office is looking for Summer Students to join our Transportation (roads and bridges) Team for a 4 or 6-month work term starting May 2026 and ending based on your work/co-op term duration.

As a Summer Student, you will be working directly with project teams to coordinate daily onsite construction activities and to ensure that infrastructure projects are completed as per design and design specifications. You must be very attentive to detail, well organized, have strong written and verbal communication skills and be able to prioritize multiple tasks as required. You must be committed to teamwork, as you may be working with multiple project teams on multiple infrastructure projects, in a very fast paced and dynamic work environment.

COMPENSATION: Starting @ $23.37/hr. with potentially higher compensation rates for returning or more experienced students. Term is May – August/October 2026 (end date dependent upon your return to school date). Work hours approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 5 days per week (overtime and weekend work may be required).

Your Key Responsibilities

Daily job tasks will vary, but will generally include:    

  • Assist on a survey field crew team following direction from survey crew chief, project managers, and on-site construction supervisors.
  • Transport, maintain, and operate survey equipment under direction of senior personnel.
  • Lay out grade stakes, control points, and confirm material quantities placed.
  • Assist with overall construction observations and construction submittal reviews.
  • Assist contract administration teams with providing overall construction oversight and assistance with monitoring construction progress on road, bridge, and other transportation projects.
  • Work location will consist of office work at 500-311 Portage Avenue and field work both within and outside the City of Winnipeg limits. Field work outside Winnipeg may require overnight live-out accommodations, with all related live-out expenses reimbursed. 

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Key Skills
Attention To DetailOrganizationWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationTeamworkConstruction OversightSurvey Equipment OperationField WorkProject CoordinationTask Prioritization
Categories
TransportationConstructionEngineering
Benefits
Health InsuranceDental InsuranceVision InsuranceWellness ProgramHealth Care Spending AccountWellness Spending AccountGroup Registered Retirement Savings PlanEmployee Stock Purchase ProgramGroup Tax-Free Savings AccountLife InsuranceAccidental Death & Dismemberment InsuranceShort-Term DisabilityLong-Term DisabilityEmergency Travel BenefitsTuition ReimbursementProfessional Membership Fee CoveragePaid Time Off