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.

Career Fair 2022 will be on October 28th, 2022 from 10am-2pm and will take place in the ATL. Our companies from the Industrial Partners Program will be joining! Please contact Sara Leader (sleader@calpoly.edu).

COMPANY	DATE
RGH Geo	TBA
Power Engineering Construction Co.	TBA

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
Civil Engineer	Permanent	ACME Engineering	Civil	Napa/Sonoma	Open Until Filled	3/13/23
Internship	Temp	Trussell	Any	Oakland, Pasadena, San Diego	Open Until Filled	3/13/23
Full-time positions	Perm/Temp	Trussell	Any	Oakland, Pasadena, San Diego	Open Until Filled	3/13/23
Associate Engineer	Perm	Commercial Development Resources	Civil	Costa Mesa	Open Until Filled	3/14/23
Research Data Specialist	Perm	Cal Careers	Any	San Luis Obispo	Open Until Filled	3/17/23
Voss Labs Engineering Lab	Perm	Voss Labs	Any	Benicia	Open Until Filled	3/22/23
Engineering Intern	Intern	Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission	civil	Santa Cruz, CA	April 6	3/23/23
Summer Intern	Intern	R&F Engineering	Any	Roseville, CA	Open Until Filled	3/23/23
USAJOBS Virtual Workshop	n/a	NOAA	n/a	virtual	n/a	3/23/23
Interdisciplinary Environmental Engineer	Perm	Department of the Navy	Any	San Diego, CA	Open Until Filled	4/3/23
Water Resource Control Engineer	Perm	State Water Resources Control Board	Any	Sacramento, CA	4/23/23	4/11/23
Junior Engineer	Perm	California Dynamics Corporation	Any	Los Angeles, CA	Open Until Filled	4/13/23
Junior Engineer	Perm	Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (	Any	Riverside County	4/24/23	4/13/23
CalEPA Virtual Career Day	Career Fair	CalEPA	any	virtual	4/26/23	4/13/23
Assistant Resident Engineer	Perm	Department of Transportation	Any	Santa Barbara, CA	Open Until Filled	4/14/23
Office Engineer	Perm	Anser Advisory	Any	Los Angeles, CA	Open Until Filled	4/19/23
Office Engineer	Perm	Anser Advisory	Any	Bakersfield, CA	Open Until Filled	4/19/23
Department of Toxic Substances Control	Perm	Cal Careers	Any	Berkley, CA	5/2/2023	4/19/23
Electrical Engineer	Perm	Engineer I/II/III	Any	Bakersfield, CA	Open Until Filled	4/19/23
Faculties Engineer	Perm	Engineer I/II/III	Any	Bakersfield, CA	Open Until Filled	4/19/23
Engineer	Perm	Swanson Engineering	Civil	Bakersfield, CA	Open Until Filled	4/19/23
Sr Civil Engineer	Perm	BoxPower	Civil	N/A	Open Until Filled	4/24/23
Sr Electrical Engineer	Perm	BoxPower	Electrical	N/A	Open Until Filled	4/24/23
Several Job Openings	Perm	Caltrans	Any	N/A	Open Until Filled	4/24/23
Maffei Structural Engineering – Externship Program	Temp	Maffei Structural Engineering	Civil/Structural	San Francisco, CA	April 30	4/24/23
Design Engineer I	Perm	Sherwood Design Engineers	Civil	Santa Cruz, CA	Open Until Filled	4/24/23
Internship	Intern	The City of San Jose	Any	San Jose, CA	5/11/23	5/4/23
Transportation Engineering Associate	Perm	Los Angeles Department of Transportation	Any	Los Angeles, CA	Open Until Filled	5/15/23
Engineering Student Assistant	Perm	Caltrans	Any	San Luis Obispo, CA	5/31/23	5/18/23
Engineering Student Assistant	Perm	Caltrans	Enve	San Luis Obispo, CA	5/31/23	5/18/23
Engineering Technician	Intern	Great Basin	Any	Sonora, CA	Open Until Filled	5/31/23

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.