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Stantec SR&ED Intern, Engineering (Winter 2025) in OTTAWA, Ontario
SR&ED Intern, Engineering (Winter 2025) - ( 240003JC )
Description
Stantec enhances its value to clients and shareholders by carrying out scientific research and innovation. The Stantec Research & Innovation Services team facilitates Stantec engagement in research by providing research services including research advising.
Your Opportunity
Stantec enhances its value to clients and shareholders by strengthening its technical capacity through scientific research and innovation. The Stantec Research & Innovation Services team facilitates Stantec engagement in research by accessing research funding and other resources. One major source of funding is the Canadian federal government’s research tax credit program “Scientific Research and Experimental Development” (SR&ED).
As the Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) Intern, Engineering on Stantec’s Research and Innovation Services team, make a career-building move in which you can leverage your organizational skills while learning about and furthering innovative work at Stantec. You will join our global Innovation Office team, learning about some of the most innovative science and technology projects across Canada, and accessing government funding for those projects.
This position will commence January 2025 and the term is expected to last four months. Stantec supports hybrid work arrangements where employees can work remotely or from the office, as needed, based on demands of specific tasks, work preferences, and operational requirements.
Your Key Responsibilities
Work with Senior Research Advisor (Canada) using your organizational skills to advance the annual cycle of SR&ED claim development at Stantec which includes:
Planning – identify all necessary elements of claim development and schedule them
Documenting – attend project calls, summarize information, group with similar claims
Tracking – follow each lead from identification to completed claim, and record each step
Supporting – elicit, review and organize supporting documentation
Monitoring – keep the claim process on schedule through structured reminders
Work with the Manager, Research and Innovation Services, to support other Stantec programs that meet researchers’ needs, including Stantec’s R&D Resource e-Library of 6000 journals and 39,000 e-books, and Stantec’s academic collaboration process assistance.
Qualifications
Your Capabilities and Credentials
Highly organized and skilled at working in a team environment on time-sensitive projects
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Familiar with engineering and scientific language; able to understand engineering processes
Ability to work effectively in an online environment, offering, and receiving information within specific timeframes.
Education and Experience
Has completed first two years of engineering degree.
Please clearly state if you are available for four months, commencing in January 2025.
Typical office or home office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each others’ talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Primary Location : Canada-Ontario-Ottawa
Organization : BC-1298 Innovation-CA Canada
Employee Status : Temporary
Job Level : Entry Level
Travel : No
Schedule : Full-time
Job Posting : Sep 26, 2024, 2:09:56 PM
Req ID: 240003JC
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