Job Description

Are you interested in designing infrastructure? Water resource planning? Stormwater modeling?

Do you want to enhance your community by creating sustainable solutions to make it more livable and environmentally sound?

Freese and Nichols has some fabulous opportunities for December 2025, May 2026, and August 2026 new grads to launch their careers! Our opportunities provide you with a supportive pathway to grow your career in many areas - design, modeling, planning, technical excellence, and business development.

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.

Your work may involve designing roadways, highways, water pipelines, water treatment facilities, dams, reservoirs, or levees. Other opportunities exist for you to guide your client's stormwater and flood risk reduction programs utilizing modeling and design. You may assist your client in planning for long-term water solutions and support communities in enhancing their existing infrastructure for future needs.

What we will do for you -

We offer you a flexible work environment that includes 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 as well. They facilitate networking and development opportunities and social events, too!

Our opportunities are available in:

• Dallas/Ft Worth/Frisco/Denton, TX
• Austin/San Antonio, TX
• Houston/Pearland, TX
• New Orleans, LA

Our Practice Areas -

Water Resource Planning - Provides integrated planning, development, and implementation of comprehensive, resilient water solutions for clients. Water management requires a comprehensive approach to maximize current supplies, provide resiliency against natural disasters and uncertainty, balance flood and drought cycles, and plan for future needs.

Water Resource Design - Offers heavy civil infrastructure design - dams, reservoirs, levees, canals, and flood protection systems. Multiple engineering disciplines - geotechnical, structural, hydrology and hydraulics.

Stormwater - Guides federal, state, and local entities through stormwater and flood risk reduction programs utilizing modeling approaches, effective design, and policy development.

Water Transmission & Utilities - Provides engineering and management support for water pumping and pipeline systems - pump stations, pumps, pipelines, utilities, tanks, and valve facilities. Engineering support for all phases of a project lifecycle: planning/studies, design, procurement, construction, and post-construction.

Water/Wastewater Treatment - Leads planning studies and plant designs for treatment facilities and provides construction phase and start up/commissioning services for advanced water, wastewater, and water reuse treatment systems for municipal, state, and federal clients.

Transportation - Provides services in transportation planning, roadway/highway design, bridge design, engineering, and program development to transportation agencies, cities, and counties.

Majors we hire:

• Civil/Environmental/Water Resource Engineering
• Biological and Agricultural/Biosystems Engineering
• Structural/Geotechnical/Geological Engineering
• And similar programs

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Civil, Environmental, Water Resources, Biosystems, Biological & Agricultural, Structural, Geotechnical, Geological Engineering and similar programs

Preferred Qualifications

• Internship Experience
• Student organization involvement, especially leadership roles

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About Freese and Nichols

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 ), 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 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at .

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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Job Tags

Full time, Internship, Local area, Remote work, Flexible hours, 2 days per week,

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