Real projects
Contribute to active subdivision work instead of simulated assignments or administrative busywork.
Boise State Career Fair · October 14, 2026
Build your career engineering Idaho's next communities.
Bailey brings civil engineering, practical technology, and real land-development work together in Eagle, Idaho. Meet the people doing the work and see where you could contribute.
Opportunity Civil Engineering Intern
Location Eagle, Idaho
Work setting In office
Eligibility Must already be authorized to work in the United States
Meaningful work
Turn dirt into doors.
Bailey helps turn raw land into the streets, utilities, plats, and neighborhoods that become lasting communities. We bring value engineering forward, while layout, grading, utilities, and materials can still change, because better context early leads to more buildable, cost-conscious outcomes. Interns get close to that work and learn how decisions move from a screen to the ground.
Modern tools
Build experience with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Bluebeam, project systems, data, and carefully supervised AI-assisted workflows.
Experienced guidance
Work alongside professional engineers, EITs, drafters, planners, and project-support staff.
Community impact
See how technical decisions shape grading, streets, drainage, utilities, approvals, construction, and neighborhoods.
Civil Engineering Landscape
Where Bailey fits in civil engineering.
Bailey is an intelligence-driven civil engineering firm focused on land development, from the first parcel question through the recorded plat.
Core — Bailey owns it end to end Inside our projects With partners — we scope and coordinate
Land Development & Site Civil
- Residential subdivisions — our bread and butter
- Townhomes, apartments, and four-plex communities
- Commercial and industrial site design
- Master-planned, multi-phase communities
- Grading, earthwork, and site layout
- Record plats with licensed surveyor partners
Transportation
- Local streets and collectors
- Off-site road improvements
- Highway-district coordination, including ACHD
- Traffic-study coordination
Not our lane: highways, bridges, or signal systems.
Water Resources & Utilities
- Water distribution systems
- Sanitary sewer collection
- Sewer lift stations
- Storm drainage and retention
- Pressurized-irrigation pump stations
- Irrigation-district coordination
Not our lane: dams or treatment plants.
Environmental
- Floodplain and drainage compliance
- Stormwater-quality design
- DEQ and health-district coordination
- Drainage and irrigation certification
Not our lane: remediation, air, or waste services.
Geotechnical
- Soils and foundation reports by consultant partners
- Bailey scopes the investigation and designs to its findings
Structural
- Buildings and bridges belong to structural engineers
- Bailey engineers the ground they stand on
Raw parcel to recorded plat
Bailey's nine-phase land-development process.
Bailey-led Client-led, Bailey supports
- 01 Feasibility
- 02 Land Control
- 03 Entitlements
- 04 CDS
- 05 SAs
- 06 Construction support
- 07 As-Builts
- 08 Final Plat
- 09 Vertical
Finding a fit
Bring curiosity, responsibility, and evidence that you care.
Useful experience can come from civil engineering coursework, AutoCAD or Civil 3D, surveying, construction, fieldwork, class projects, employment, leadership, software projects, GitHub work, or another setting where you made a meaningful contribution.
Take ownership
Follow through, ask for clarity, and care about the quality of the result.
Ask thoughtful questions
Be curious about the reason behind the standard, detail, or decision.
Communicate early
Surface uncertainty and constraints while the team still has room to respond.
Keep improving
Use feedback, tools, and repetition to make the next piece of work stronger.
- Internship
- EIT or drafting opportunity
- Increasing project responsibility
- PE-track development, where applicable
The path depends on performance, fit, business needs, education, and licensure requirements.
Quick answers, before you apply.
Straight answers to the questions students ask us most.
See Careers- 01 What skills are most important for success in this role and at Bailey?
- Problem-solving, communication, curiosity, teamwork, and follow-through are essential. Technical skills can be developed, but successful interns must be willing to learn, accept feedback, and understand why the work matters. Candidates should ask thoughtful questions and take responsibility for their work.
- 02 What qualifications are you looking for?
- We look for initiative, reliability, attention to detail, clear communication, and an interest in civil land development, software development, and creating solutions.
- 03 What experiences are most valuable for this position?
- Civil engineering coursework, AutoCAD or Civil 3D exposure, surveying, construction, fieldwork, design projects, and collaborative student projects are all valuable. Software skills are helpful, but we understand they can be learned on the job. Part-time employment, leadership, and other experiences demonstrating responsibility also matter.
- 04 What types of people do well at Bailey?
- People who take ownership, communicate early, ask good questions, support their teammates, and want to keep improving. Bailey is structured and deadline-focused, but interns receive support while they learn.