Careers

Company Days

Company Days are an opportunity to connect directly with our Industry Partners. Attend an information session, learn about potential career paths, share your resume, and possibly land your next job or internship! Submit your resume here and sign up for one or all of our upcoming Company Days located in room 13-117! The meetings take place from 11-noon and food is provided.

Please contact ceenve@calpoly.edu.

Company	Date
Truebeck	September 29
Condon Johnson	October 4
Whiting Turner	October 5
Traylor Bros	October 6
Power Engineering Construction Co.	October 10
Kimley Horn	October 19
Jacobs	October 20
Consor	October 25
GHD	October 26
Kiewit Corporation	October 27
Kleinfelder	November 2
Webcor	November 8
Granite Construction	November 9
Mead & Hunt	November 16
RGH Geo	November 30
Langan	December 1
Lea & Braze	December 7

COMPANY	DATE

Jobs and Internships

Opportunities posted here are shared directly by our corporate partners to recruit our students. Feel free to apply as directed by the links. 

position	intern/perm	company	Specialty	Location	Deadline to apply	date posted
Structural Engineering Intern	Intern	Parsons Corporation	Any	Denver, CO and Los Angeles, CA	Open Until Filled	8/8/23
Civil Engineering Intern	Intern	Parsons Corporation	Any	Oakland, California	Open Until Filled	8/23/23
Summer Intern	Intern	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power	Any	Los Angeles, CA	1/8/24	9/12/23
Entry Level Designer	Perm	CHG Structural	Structural/Civil	Modesto, CA	11/1/23	9/12/13
Student Assistant	Intern	CalTrans	Any	San Luis Obispo, CA	10/13/23	9/17/23

CE/ENVE Department Jobs

If interested in a position listed below, please connect directly with the faculty member. If approved, the faculty member will initiate the hiring process. More information regarding the detailed hiring process, your rights as an ISA (Instruction Student Assistant), and the bargaining unit contract person can be found in the Cal Poly Student Employment Handbook. Job descriptions and minimum qualifications are listed for each of the positions posted.

The pay for these positions is $14/hr for undergraduate students and $15/hr for graduate students. Qualified students must be eligible to work in the U.S., be in good academic standing, meet the minimum qualifications, and be at least a half-time student. Exceptions to the minimum eligibility qualifications may be granted at the sole discretion of the University.

While there is no official DEADLINE for grader positions, these decisions are typically made within the two weeks of the start of the quarter. The sooner you connect with the faculty, the better. Please address any questions you have about the process to ceenve@calpoly.edu.

At California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, we believe that cultivating an environment that embraces and promotes diversity is fundamental to the success of our students, our employees and our community. Bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and value systems fosters the innovative and creative thinking that exemplifies Cal Poly's values of free inquiry, cultural and intellectual diversity, mutual respect, civic engagement, and social and environmental responsibility. Cal Poly's commitment to diversity informs our efforts in recruitment, hiring and retention. California Polytechnic State University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

 

CE/ENVE Department Research Jobs

Research opportunities for students to work side by side with department faculty on projects that make a difference. Please connect directly with the faculty member to express interest. 

student	project	major	contact	details
Undergraduate	Santa Rosa Creek Foundation Summer Research Program	Civil Engineering	Dr. Stefan Talke	These internships are available to develop, build, test, and deploy low-cost water-level sensors in the coastal ocean. The students will be paid $3500 for the summer and will be apart of the scientific research process.
Undergraduate	Mineta Transportation Institute grant for Nanomaterial Additives	Civil Engineering	Dr. El Badawy, Dr. Rahim	Dr. El Badawy and Dr. Rahim received a grant from Mineta Transportation Institute to develop nanomaterial additives to reduce moisture damage in hot mix asphalt. The student will carry out project tasks. 1 year project that will start in May/June 2021.
Graduate	Mineta Transportation Institute grant for Nanomaterial Additives	Civil Engineering	Dr. El Badawy, Dr. Rahim	Dr. El Badawy and Dr. Rahim received a grant from Mineta Transportation Institute to develop nanomaterial additives to reduce moisture damage in hot mix asphalt. The student will carry out project tasks. 1 year project that will start in May/June 2021.
Undergraduate	Corrosion Research	any	Dr. Long Wang	Designed experimental procedures to investigate corrosion damage development and have used machine learning techniques to automate damage detection based on images.