Job Details

Overview

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 opportunities for December 2025, May 2026, and August 2026 new grads to launch their careers. Our opportunities provide a path to grow your career in 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 verify information and adjust data as needed, and coordinate project efforts with others contributing to the project as well. You may design roadways, highways, water pipelines, water treatment facilities, dams, reservoirs, or levees. Other opportunities exist to guide client stormwater and flood risk reduction programs using 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 a flexible work environment including 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 your career journey includes professional development in technical areas and soft skills such as collaboration, workload management, presentation skills, and building partnerships. Our mentoring program lets you learn from professionals across the industry. Rise and Thrive, our Young Professionals ERG (Employee Resource Group), will help you grow your career with networking, development opportunities, and social events.

Opportunities are available in:

• Atlanta, GA
• Columbus, GA
• Tampa, FL
• Raleigh, NC
• Winston-Salem, NC

Our Practice Areas

Stormwater – Guides federal, state, and local entities through stormwater and flood risk reduction programs using modeling, design, and policy development.

Water Transmission & Utilities – Provides engineering and management support for water pumping and pipeline systems, including pump stations, pumps, pipelines, utilities, tanks, and valve facilities. Supports all project phases: 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 systems for municipal, state, and federal clients.

Majors we hire

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

Qualifications

• Apply standard practices and techniques in specific situations
• Collect, adjust, and correlate data and recognize discrepancies in results
• Perform project assignments within the scope of work and guidelines
• Coordinate project efforts contributed by technicians and/or drafting personnel working on the same project

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). Our employee engagement surveys show that leaders and employees live these 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 infrastructure to meet communities' needs: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and more.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package (details at the benefits page), paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico. We support a flexible work environment with a hybrid schedule offering up to 40% remote work and an alternative schedule with 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 the Freese and Nichols careers page.

Freese and Nichols is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination based on 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 laws.