Climate Resilience Planning Intern - Summer 2025 - ( 250000XG ) **Description** We create great places and the connections that get people and goods moving—whether by car, bus, train, plane, or their own two feet. Working within the context of the communities we serve, we provide planning, engineering, and infrastructure management services that fit the needs of our clients and improve the overall transportation experience. Join our team and help us keep communities connected. **Your Opportunity** Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make a positive impact on the world around us. Climate change presents a new set of challenges, with extreme weather impacting infrastructure, the environment, and our communities. We have learned that our greatest influence on improving climate outcomes stems from the innovative climate solutions we provide to our clients. Come join us in creating the resilient and sustainable communities of tomorrow! Stantec’s Northeast Transportation team is seeking a Climate Resilience Planning Intern to help communities with their climate adaptation, disaster recovery, and hazard mitigation challenges. You will collaborate on a wide array of projects that are as technically challenging as they are impactful, creative, and fulfilling. You will contribute to a broad portfolio of resilience planning efforts including but not limited to comprehensive resilience plans, risk assessments, and climate adaptation planning. You will exchange ideas, best practices, and lessons learned with Stantec’s local and national experts in resiliency planning, modeling, and design. **Your Key Responsibilities** As a Climate Resilience Planning Intern, you will join a growing and enthusiastic team of planning professionals. You will have the opportunity to contribute to forward-looking programs, policies, and plans. You will partner with our climate and environmental scientists, digital solutions developers, GIS experts, funding specialists, engineers, and planners to develop action-oriented resilience plans for our municipal and agency clients. In this role, your understanding of community and infrastructure resilience, hazard mitigation, climate adaptation, risk assessment, and stakeholder engagement will allow you to work on tasks, teams, and projects in the region. We are seeking an individual with the desire and ability to: + Our Climate Resilience Planning Intern must be eager to learn all facets of planning and development and be willing to help our professional team bring projects from concept to deliverable; this includes everything in between. + Knowledge of local planning processes and codes, land development activities, site design considerations, and equity indicators are a plus. + Must be comfortable working with clients and members of the community/public in a variety of settings from formal public hearings to listening sessions. + The candidate must have exceptional writing skills and be savvy with emerging technology to engage the public, including developing and maintaining project websites, online survey platforms, etc. **Qualifications** **Your Capabilities and Credentials** + Experience with climate resilience plans, disaster recovery or hazard mitigation plans, climate vulnerability assessments, and/or climate resilient corridor studies. + Excellent computer, writing, and technical skills, including ArcGIS and the Adobe Suite + Experience working with publicly available Census and climate data. + Self-motivated and passionate about planning and equity + Strong time management, critical thinking, research, and organizational skills + The ability to work well with others, as well as independently **Education and Experience** + Applicants should be a current graduate student or recent graduate of an accredited master’s degree program in urban planning or public policy. + Summer interns are expected to work 40 hrs/week minimum in the office. Typical office environment working with computers. Some travel may be required (add in expected travel %), such as delivering plans or documents to reviewing agencies or clients or to attend meetings. May occasionally visit study areas, construction sites and/or be exposed to outside elements and inclement weather conditions. 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. 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. Pay transparency laws require employers to provide the following information for positions that may be in the following jurisdiction(s): **Salary Range(s):** * NYC $23.21 - NYC $27.86 Min/Max Pay Range(s) for postings located in MN, NYC/NY The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. **Benefits Summary:** Regular full-time and part-time employees 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._ **Primary Location** : United States-New York-New York **Organization** : BC-1923 Transpt-US Northeast Infrastructure **Employee Status** : Temporary **Job Level** : Entry Level **Travel** : Yes, 10 % of the Time **Schedule** : Full-time **Job Posting** : Mar 5, 2025, 7:05:01 PM **Req ID:** 250000XG Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans