Summer 2025 Internship
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Job Description
About Freese and Nichols:
Freese and Nichols is a firm with a culture centered around their LEADS values: Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always. Employee engagement surveys consistently confirm that these values are lived by both leaders and employees. The firm strives to be the top choice for both clients and employees, emphasizing innovative approaches, practical results, and exceptional service. With over 130 years of experience, they plan and design essential community infrastructure, including water supplies, roadways, bridges, and disaster preparedness solutions. They employ over 1,200 people across a wide geographical area, from Virginia to Colorado. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package (details available at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/), including paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins. They also provide a flexible work environment with a hybrid schedule (up to 40% remote work) and an alternative work schedule program offering a day off every other Friday. Freese and Nichols is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and a Federal Contractor committed to affirmative action.
Job Description: Summer 2025 Internship
Freese and Nichols is recruiting interns for Summer 2025. Interns will work under professional engineers on projects impacting local and wider communities. While specializing in one engineering discipline, interns will gain exposure to other technical practice areas. The internship aims to provide both practical experience and networking opportunities.
Role specifics:
• Daily in-office work: This is required to foster connections with colleagues and other interns.
• No relocation or housing stipends provided.
• Project work: Interns will perform specific tasks within larger assignments, applying standard practices and techniques, assisting project managers, collecting and analyzing data, performing calculations, and identifying discrepancies.
Technical Practice Areas & Locations:
• Transportation
• Water Resource Design
• Stormwater
• Water Transmission & Utilities
• Water/Wastewater Treatment
Locations: Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Rogers, AR; Overland Park, KS
Required Majors:
• Civil/Environmental/Water Resource Engineering
• Biological and Agricultural/Biosystems Engineering
• Structural/Geotechnical/Geological Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering (Water Transmission & Utilities only)
Qualifications:
• Current student pursuing a BS or MS degree in one of the listed majors.
• Graduation date of August 2025 or later.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with Excel, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, AutoCAD, or GIS.
• Student organizational involvement.
Networking Opportunities:
Interns will have the chance to expand their professional network through the young professionals employee resource group, Rise & Thrive, which will host company-wide events throughout the summer.
