Climate Resilience & Hazard Planning Intern

CDM Smith; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 27,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking an intern for the Summer of 2027 to join a team supporting hazard mitigation, natural hazards risk analysis, lead service line inventory and replacement programs, policy, and resilience planning projects with FEMA and other clients.

Work with a dynamic team of professionals on research, data collection, and data analysis, under supervision of engineering and planning staff. Travel is 10% or less, with opportunities to gain real-world experience.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in Bachelor's or Master's program.
• Preferred candidate is enrolled in Engineering, Planning, Environmental or Water Resources studies.
• Travel willingness: 10% or less.

Responsibilities

• Support data collection and evaluation tasks to assess natural hazard risk.
• Use Benefit-Cost Analysis tools.
• Prepare analysis, summaries, and presentation material based on the above tasks.
• Support developing options and analysis papers, fact sheets, and other internal and external-facing documents.
• Support the implementation of hazard mitigation, disaster recovery and resilience planning programs for industrial, federal, state, and local clients.
• Perform data analysis, use of GIS Systems, and other ad-hoc assignments as needed.

Skills

Research

Data collection

Data analysis

Technical writing

Education

Currently enrolled in Bachelor's or Master's program

Tools

GIS Systems

Benefit-Cost Analysis tools

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking an intern for the Summer of 2027 to join a team supporting hazard mitigation, natural hazards risk analysis, lead service line inventory and replacement programs, policy, and resilience planning projects with FEMA and other clients.

Work with a dynamic team of professionals on research, data collection, and data analysis, under supervision of engineering and planning staff. Travel is 10% or less, with opportunities to gain real-world experience.