Environmental Internship

About the role

This internship provides hands-on experience supporting environmental assessment, investigation, remediation, compliance, and engineering projects. Interns will work alongside experienced environmental scientists, geologists, and engineers on real project deliverables involving fieldwork, technical analysis, regulatory research, and project documentation. Depending on the intern’s academic background, interests, and assigned projects, this position may have a greater emphasis on environmental site assessment and investigation or environmental engineering and remediation systems. This is a paid internship. This opportunity is ideal for students looking to apply their environmental science, geology, or engineering coursework to practical challenges in the field and office.

Loureiro Engineering Associates, Inc. is a full-service, employee-owned, multidisciplinary consulting firm with operations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Missouri. Loureiro integrates engineering, construction, environmental health and safety, energy, laboratory analytical, landscape architecture, and waste management services.

Responsibilities

• Assist with environmental field investigations and sampling programs involving soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, indoor air, and soil vapor.
• Support Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and related environmental due diligence activities.
• Assist with the advancement and documentation of soil borings and installation of groundwater monitoring wells.
• Collect water-level measurements and assist with elevation surveying, aquifer testing, soil boring logs, and monitoring well construction diagrams.
• Support remediation projects, including the operation, monitoring, maintenance, and performance evaluation of remediation and mitigation systems.
• Perform engineering calculations and technical analyses, as applicable, to support the design, operation, monitoring, and maintenance of environmental systems.
• Review, tabulate, analyze, and interpret environmental and operational data.
• Prepare tables, figures, drawings, and other technical documentation.
• Conduct project-related research, including reviews of historical records and applicable federal, state, and local environmental requirements.
• Assist with environmental permitting and licensing, including research regarding regulatory requirements.
• Review environmental, health, and safety regulations to support client compliance needs.
• Assist with the preparation of technical reports, work plans, correspondence, permit applications, and other project deliverables.
• Prepare or assist with drawings for designs or technical concepts developed by the intern, as appropriate.
• Learn and follow company standard operating procedures, quality requirements, and health and safety practices.
• Assist with proposal development, including estimating the time and expenses required to complete proposed work, as needed.
• Perform assigned work safely and consistently with company policies and procedures.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Self-motivated, dependable, and willing to take initiative.
• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
• Excellent written and verbal communicator.
• Collaborative and able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Willing to learn, accept feedback, and adapt to changing project needs.
• Organized and