Are you interested in designing infrastructure? Do you want to enhance your community by creating sustainable solutions to make it more livable and environmentally sound?

Our opportunities provide you with a supportive pathway to grow your career in many areas – design, modeling, planning, technical excellence, and business development.

Our Water Transmission & Utilities teams in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Raleigh have some great opportunities for upcoming and recent grads on their team. Your work will include design work on water pipelines, pump stations, and lift stations.

What your day looks like –

You will partner with others to complete tasks by collecting and correlating information to assist in completing projects. You will also verify information and adjust data as needed. And coordinate project efforts with others contributing to the project as well.

What we will do for you –

We offer you a flexible work environment including options such as a hybrid work schedule with remote work up to 2 days per week and an alternative work schedule with every other Friday off. Our support for you in your career journey includes providing you with professional development in technical areas along with soft skills such as collaboration, managing workload, presentation skills, and building partnerships. Our mentoring program allows you to learn from those who have worked in our industry from recent grads to subject matter experts.  Rise and Thrive, our Young Professionals ERG (Employee Resource Group) will help you grow your career. They facilitate networking and development opportunities and social events, too!

Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering (Current grad or those graduating in May or August 2025)

Preferred Qualifications

Previous internship

Participation in a student organization such as a professional or technical society

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At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always).  Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service.  For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need:  developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico.  We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,200+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at https://www.freese.com/careers/.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based on his or her age, race, color, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, citizenship, or because he or she is an individual with a disability, protected veteran or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws.

We recognize that our workforce reflects the increasingly diverse nature of our society, and we strive to take advantage of that diversity with both our external and internal customers. As a Federal Contractor, Freese and Nichols is an equal employment, affirmative action employer.