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Parsons Corporation Innovation & Environmental Engineering Intern in Oakville, Ontario
In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!
When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons. Imagine a career working with intelligent, diverse people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We’ve got what you’re looking for.
Job Description:
About Parsons
Parsons is a leading provider of integrated solutions and services with a rich 80-year history of solving complex problems. We’re enabling a safer, smarter, and more connected world in key markets like cybersecurity, space and missile defense, critical infrastructure protection, transportation, environmental remediation, and urban development.
You’ll have the opportunity to work on transformative projects and learn from experts in the field. Our commitment to innovation and delivery, coupled with our mission-focused workforce, makes us uniquely positioned to solve our clients’ most critical challenges. Join us, and let’s develop a better world together.
What You’ll be Doing
You’ll join the CTO Innovation Group in Infrastructure North America at Parsons, with a dual role supporting the Energy & Environment Sector in the Greater Toronto Region (GTR E&E Team). Your responsibilities will include:
Supporting the CTO Innovation Group:
Tracking technology trends and conducting market scans for innovations
Driving the practical application of emerging technologies in our core infrastructure business
Facilitating the adoption and development of new technology capabilities and practices
Introducing and optimizing digital processes and automations to enable our project teams to deliver faster and more consistently
Establishing and managing relationships with technology vendors and partners
Fostering a culture of innovation and transformative thinking
Facilitating communication and collaboration between the CTO Innovation Group and the GTR E&E Team to drive innovation and efficiencies
Working with the GTR E&E Team:
Conducting field work (e.g., groundwater, surface water and soil sampling) using various types of equipment
Supporting environmental impact assessments, environmental site assessments and remediations, excess soil management, and environmental compliance projects
Assisting project managers and field staff with program execution to ensure work is completed safely in a timely and efficient manner
Providing project support including data management and analysis associated with environmental investigations
Collaborating with the CTO Innovation Group to apply innovative technologies and practices to environmental projects
Exciting initiatives that you may support as part of the CTO Innovation Group include:
Conducting artificial intelligence pilots for internal and client use cases
Driving the adoption of digital delivery best practices globally across Parsons
Coordinating innovation challenges to identify new technologies and partners
Researching and preparing business cases for technologies, partnerships, and products
Applying data analytics best practices to measure and evaluate return on investments
Contributing to client-facing project delivery across different technical domains
This is a flexible, hybrid role that is primarily in-field and Oakville-based. You will need to be available to work outside regular business hours and travel, including out-of-town, as required.
Who We’re Looking For
Excellent Communication Skills
You’ll be collaborating with and representing the team and Parsons to stakeholders, clients, and partners. You’ll need to work with technical and non-technical audiences including senior staff and understand how to tailor messaging to them.
Strategic and Analytical Thinking
You’ll be working with people, processes, and technology to address a wide range of strategic business challenges.
Independence and Initiative
You’ll be entrusted to work independently with your own responsibilities, from leading calls to contributing to programs, projects, and proposals. Don’t be afraid to propose your own ideas and ask questions.
Creativity and Adaptability
You’ll be working in a dynamic environment with a wide breadth of evolving responsibilities. You’ll need to adapt, organize, and manage tasks, but bring your own style of working. Be bold, think outside the box, and challenge the status quo.
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with one or more of:
Artificial intelligence, including prompt engineering, large language models and machine learning
Digital twins
CAD and modelling software (e.g., AutoCAD, Civil 3D, OpenRoads, etc.)
Geographic Information System (GIS) and other geospatial technologies
Drone operations
Software architecture
Systems design and integration
Data science, business intelligence, and business analytics
Design thinking mindset – an understanding of iterative, user-centred design methods and how they can be applied to develop client-focused solutions
An unrestricted driver’s license – travel will be required for field work, including to remote sites and Parsons’ offices across southern Ontario
Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
Not Applicable/None
This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.
For more than 75 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in diverse, collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see new possibilities.
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!
Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.
We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!About Us
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider focused on the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. With nearly 75 years of experience, Parsons is uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services to federal, regional, and local government agencies, as well as to private industrial customers worldwide.
Parsons is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran/LGBTQ+.
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