Surface Water Intern (Stormwater Engineering)

Location: Santa Ana, California, United States; workdays may include in-office, field, or remote work.

Salary: $20–$26 per hour.

Company

Provides engineering and consulting services across infrastructure, environmental, water, construction, and program management projects.

What you will do

• Support hydrology and hydraulics studies through watershed delineation, as-built review, CAD/GIS work, data collection, and field investigations.
• Calculate runoff volumes, flow rates, drainage capacity, pollutant loads, and other stormwater and water quality metrics.
• Prepare technical reports, memoranda, maps, exhibits, tables, figures, and field observation summaries.
• Conduct site inspections, BMP verification, drainage asset inventories, and construction or industrial facility observations.
• Review NPDES/MS4 permits and regulatory guidance, and develop SWPPPs, WQMPs, LID plans, BMP maintenance plans, and inspection forms.
• Support compliance tracking, annual reporting, public outreach, illicit discharge programs, effectiveness assessments, and coordination with project teams and public agency clients.

Requirements

• Enrollment in a B.S. or M.S. program in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or Environmental Sciences at an accredited institution.
• At least two years of completed post-secondary coursework in the relevant field.
• Minimum 3.0 overall GPA on a 4.0 scale.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Experience with AutoCAD and GIS.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across office, field, and remote environments.
• Exposure to watershed-level water resource protection and management projects.
• Equal employment opportunity and a drug-free workplace.
• Pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks are required.