Freese and Nichols is excited to open summer internships for interns to join for summer 2026! We're excited for another great summer and hope it's the best one yet! These internships would in our Engineering, Planning, Construction Management, Environmental Science, Facilities, and Corporate areas across our office locations.
What will your summer look like?
Working under industry professionals, you will be working on projects that impact your surrounding communities and beyond. While you will be working in one area, you will have the opportunity to learn about our other areas of expertise so you can find where your passions may lie. Of course, an internship is a large part of learning more about what you can do with your degree, but we also want to give you the opportunity to expand your network through connections with the young professionals employee resource group Rise & Thrive who will host events across the company over the summer.
What does the role look like?
This internship will require you to be in office each day to help build connections with your group, fellow interns, and others. Relocation or housing stipends will NOT be provided for internships.
Majors we hire:
Civil/Environmental/Water Resource Engineering
Biological and Agricultural/Biosystems Engineering
Structural/Geotechnical/Geological Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical/Computer Engineering
Business Administration or related degree
Urban Planning or related degree
Environmental Science or related degree
Construction Management or related degree
Architecture or related degree
Computer Science or related degree
Responsibilities:
Perform specific and limited tasks within a broader assignment
Apply standard practices and techniques in specific situations
Assist project manager as needed
Collect, adjust, and correlate perform calculations, and recognize discrepancies in results
Current student pursuing a BS or MS degree in one of the majors listed above
Graduation date of August 2026 or later
Preferred Qualifications
Student organizational involvement
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At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.
We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.
Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.
Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at https://www.freese.com/careers/.
Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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