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Electrical Engineering Intern - Buildings (Summer 2026)

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San Francisco, CA, USA
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San Francisco, CA, USA
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As an intern, you'll assist with CAD drawings and Revit files, collaborate with project managers, and ensure compliance with engineering standards while gaining practical skills in electrical engineering.
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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.

Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Your Opportunity

 Your role is to work with guidance and direction on tasks and smaller projects, and as a team member of a larger project under the guidance of a Senior Engineer. You will participate in the evaluation, recommendation, and specification for engineered systems or products for a project verifying compliance with applicable codes and engineering standards/practices.

Your Key Responsibilities

  •  Learns how to set up new CAD drawings and Revit project files and maintains file structure for projects
  • Works with project managers and technical design staff to prepare drawing documentation
  • Works in both Revit MEP and AutoCAD MEP on 3D projects; including maintaining multiple models, creating views, accurate object placement, and UCS manipulation
  • Creates electronic data files in compliance with Stantec and client requirements
  • Converts redlines to document-ready work
  • Publishes, posts, and manages drawing sets
  • Maintains drawing revisions
Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

  • Familiarity with electrical, lighting, and technology design within the built environment is preferred
  • Working knowledge of CAD MEP and Revit MEP are preferred
  • Working knowledge of Building Information Modeling
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Basic understanding of codes and standards for raceways and cabling systems based upon the NEC (NFPA 70) and TIA Standards, preferred

Education and Experience

  • Pursuing a Bachelors’ or Masters’ degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • Minimum of junior level classes completed. 

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best. #DesignYourPlace

About the Team
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) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, 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 family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Top Skills

Building Information Modeling
Cad Mep
Revit Mep

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