Geotechnical Engineering Intern

2 days ago


San Diego CA United States Engeo, Inc. Full time

Now accepting applications for the summer of 2025

Openings for this internship are spread out among our offices. Please specify which office you are looking to work out of:

San Ramon / Oakland / Santa Clara / Lathrop / Irvine / Valencia / San Diego / Rocklin

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.

Pay Range: $22 - $28 per hour, depending on skill level, experience, location and other factors.

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)

  • Observe performance and natural state of earth materials; understand how designs are implemented in the 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)

  • 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

  • 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 ENGEO community Join in fun events - picnics, barbecues, informal social outings, etc.
  • 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 (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
  • Ability to manage oneself - looking to lead in a challenging and fast-paced environment.
  • Someone who shares the ENGEO Vision, Mission, and Core Values.

About ENGEO's Environment: At ENGEO, we are passionate about what we do and love to share our knowledge while serving others. Our vision is to be the most admired and trusted service firm in the world - not limiting ourselves to just engineering. We are committed to maintaining a close-knit atmosphere and a stimulating work environment. We offer comprehensive training, coaching, mentorship, and actively promote involvement of all employees in important decisions of the firm. Through a combination of small committees, after-work activities, and an open-door policy, we are committed to providing each employee with a voice and a strong connection to the team. We celebrate working at ENGEO every day.

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