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 you with a pathway to grow your career in design, modeling, planning, technical excellence, and business development.
What your day looks likeYou 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.
Your work may involve designing roadways, highways, water pipelines, water treatment facilities, dams, reservoirs, or levees. You may also guide client stormwater and flood risk reduction programs using modeling and design, plan for long-term water solutions, and support communities in enhancing their existing infrastructure for future needs.
What we will do for youWe offer a flexible work environment with 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. We support your career journey with professional development in technical areas and soft skills such as collaboration, workload management, presentation skills, and building partnerships.
Our mentoring program allows you to learn from colleagues ranging from recent grads to subject matter experts. Rise and Thrive, our Young Professionals ERG, will help you grow your career through networking, development opportunities, and social events.
Our opportunities are available in:
- Dallas/Ft Worth/Frisco/Denton, TX
- Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Houston/Pearland, TX
- Harlingen, TX
- New Orleans, LA
Water Resource Planning – Provides integrated planning, development, and implementation of comprehensive, resilient water solutions for clients. This includes maximizing current supplies, resiliency against natural disasters and uncertainty, balancing flood and drought cycles, and planning for future needs.
Water Resource Design – Heavy civil infrastructure design including dams, reservoirs, levees, canals, and flood protection systems, with multiple engineering disciplines involved.
Stormwater – Guides federal, state, and local entities through stormwater and flood risk reduction programs using modeling, effective design, and policy development.
Water/Wastewater Master Planning – Assists municipalities and utilities in enhancing infrastructure for future needs, providing capital improvements roadmaps, hydraulic modeling, operational assessments, and business/financial process improvements.
Water Transmission & Utilities – Engineering and management support for water pumping and pipeline systems, including pump stations, pipelines, utilities, tanks, and valves; supports all project lifecycle phases.
Water/Wastewater Treatment – Leads planning studies and plant designs for treatment facilities with startup/commissioning services for municipal, state, and federal clients.
Transportation – Transportation planning, roadway/highway design, bridge design, engineering, and program development for 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
- 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
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About Freese and Nichols
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