Summer 2025 Water and Wastewater Design Co-op
Summer 2025 Water and Wastewater Design Co-op
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Job Description
Our Water Engineering department provides engineering consulting services to the water and wastewater industry. Typical clients include local municipalities such as the City of Guelph Region of Waterloo and extending throughout Ontario. CIMA typically works on projects that include pumping station assessments design and construction water treatment systems water system planning projects water modeling projects asset management energy optimization operations support and many other related projects. A summary of a few of our projects can be found on our website at ;
As a coop student for our Water Engineering department you will have the immediate opportunity to contribute to water and wastewater design and planning projects. The successful candidate will support engineering staff on multiple tasks including process design calculations developing and utilizing hydraulic models to support planning and optimization projects report writing as well as site investigations and asset inventories. Other tasks such as proposal support and site inspection may be required throughout the term.
Primary Responsabilities
- Participating in design of water and/or wastewater processes for a variety of water wastewater and municipal infrastructure projects through preparation of design calculations and equipment selection
- Develop and utilize hydraulic models (e.g. InfoWater Pro WaterCAD PCSWMM etc.) to support planning and optimization projects
- Prepare sketches renderings technical figures and calculations for engineering reports and presentations as required
- Document track and address design comments and drawing markups
- Verifying compliance of drawings with appropriate standards codes and guidelines
- Participate in the preparation of engineering specifications calculations and permit applications
- Assist in facility inspections
- Carry out planning or problem solving for water systems
- Technical report writing
- Proposal preparation
- Site inspection as required
- Carry out research assignments as required
- Provide technical assistance to staff as required
Qualifications :
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Skilled in Microsoft Suite software Project Adobe and Visio
- Thorough understanding of construction drawings
- Technical report writing skills
- Experience carrying out quantity and cost assessments
- Unrestricted Driver Licence
- Own Transportation Required
- Experience in water or wastewater (asset)
- Previous experience with InfoWater by Innovyze or similar (asset)
The salary for this position ranges from $23.75 to $29.40 per hour depending on your academic profile the number of credits earned and your previous coop or internship experience. The final offer and salary may be adjusted based on your unique profile.
Additional Information :
Please note that our coop internship and student job opportunities are offered to individuals that are presently enrolled in a program at an educational institution. To be admissible for an internship your work experience must meet the requirements from your study program and must be recognized by your educational institution. If you have completed your studies or will graduate by the start date we invite you to consult our employment opportunities on our career page.
Ethics and integrity are fundamental values at CIMA. That is why we are committed to ensuring equal access to resources and opportunities for candidates regardless of their identity (race ethnicity colour religion gender age disability sexual orientation gender identity or expression socioeconomic status or background etc.).
In keeping with the principles of employment equity we encourage all applications including but not limited to those from women Indigenous people people with disabilities and visible minorities. We also encourage candidates to complete the selfidentification form when applying for employment.
Accommodations are available on request. Your Business Partner will process your request.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
