Field Services Student – Community Development – 4 Month Term

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

Stantec’s Alberta based Community Development group is a market leader in the real estate planning and development industry. Our experts lead their fields, collaborating on projects that are as technically challenging as they are impactful, creative, and fulfilling. We’re a place where you can apply your passion—and find endless opportunities to help make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.

Our multidisciplinary team covers planning and urban design, civil and stormwater engineering, landscape architecture, private site development, and construction management.  We work with a diverse group of clients in land and site development, city-building and municipal projects, public realm and open space, and planning and development policy and strategy.  Successful delivery of a diverse portfolio of projects and clients begins with insight and foresight into industry trends and engagement. 

We have an opportunity for a Field Services Summer Student (4 month term) to join our Calgary Community Development group. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to a strong and collaborative team of industry leading professionals. We take pride in providing opportunity for professional growth and offer a unique constructive environment where you are able to see the efforts of your work take tangible shape in the roadways that we drive on, the parks that we play in, and the structures that we call home.

As Summer Student/Coop Student, you will be working on Residential, Commercial, and Institutional infrastructure projects on our Field Services Team, as part of our Community Development Business Centre. The primary responsibilities for this role are varied; however generally involve the observation, recording and reporting of construction activities for compliance with standard specifications and design intent in Calgary and in surrounding communities. 

Your Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will be working within project teams and will be responsible for, but not limited to the following:

• Review and interpretation of approved engineering drawings.
• Review and cross reference of construction grade sheets for issuance to contractors.
• Observation of infrastructure installation for compliance with specification.
• Daily on-site construction coordination, including liaison with contractors, City of Calgary / other Municipalities staff, geotechnical consultants and construction surveyors, as well as other specialized consultants.
• Recording of all daily activity on construction projects, including material used, daily labour, equipment and site progress.
• Review, coordination and implementation of erosion and sediment controls on active work sites.
• Preparation of cost analysis and recommendations of costs for senior staff consideration with respect to erosion and sediment control projects.
• Meet, review and report to the project team on construction status, issues and concerns.
• Actively participate in the implementation of safety controls and promotion of safety in the workplace.
• Candidates must be prepared to work extended hours and weekends.