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Architecture Student - Buildings (Summer 2026) - 4 Month Term

CompanyStantec
LocationCalgary
Work ModeOn Site
PostedJanuary 29, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
Responsibilities are diverse and may include preparing design drawings, conducting studies, research, creating presentation materials, models, and technical drawings under close guidance. The role involves supporting the project team in developing design documentation and assisting in design development through various visual formats.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
7
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 

This is an On-Site Architecture Student design role for the Summer (May-August 2026) As a student you will be working within teams on various projects in an innovative and design-oriented environment with close guidance and direction from a Senior Designer or Architect. Responsibilities will be diverse and may range from the preparation of design drawings, studies, research, presentation materials, models, and technical drawings. Recent graduates are welcome to apply.  Positions will be available in the Edmonton and Calgary Stantec offices. 

Your Key Responsibilities 

  • Conducts basic interpretations of sketches, drawings, codes, building program and other similar material. 
  • Supports project team in development of design documentation. 
  • Assists in the development of a design through sketches, physical models, electronic models, diagrams, massing studies, and other visual formats. 
  • Utilizes BIM or other technologies in development of three-dimensional models of buildings and their components. 
  • Assists in research of concepts, benchmarks, materials, typology, and precedents. 

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
Design Drawings PreparationStudiesResearchPresentation MaterialsModelsTechnical DrawingsSketch InterpretationCode InterpretationBuilding Program InterpretationDesign Documentation DevelopmentVisual Format DevelopmentBIM UtilizationThree-Dimensional ModelingConcept ResearchBenchmark ResearchMaterial Research
Categories
Art & DesignEngineeringConstruction
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 Disability PlansLong-Term Disability PlansEmergency Travel BenefitsTuition ReimbursementProfessional Membership Fee CoveragePaid Time Off