BE AT THE HEART OF THE CORPS
St. Louis District Corps of Engineers

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, is an engineering and water resource agency dedicated to maintaining a proper and healthy balance of the multiple uses of our Heartland’s waterways.  We support the community and environment through our mission of navigation channel maintenance on 300 miles of the Middle Mississippi River and 80 miles of the Illinois River.  Student employees are an integral part of the Corps and are considered valuable contributors to the Corps mission.

The Corps of Engineers also focuses on flood damage reduction, environmental restoration and river engineering, water supply, emergency operations and disaster response, regulatory oversight, hydropower, recreation, Ordnance & Explosive Waste Program, and Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (which involves clean up of hazardous and toxic waste material connected to atomic bomb production in the 1940s.

The St. Louis District of the Corps is home to the Defense Department Mandatory Center of Expertise for Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, and Directories of Expertise for Photogrammetric Mapping and Dam Safety Monitoring.  We encompass 28,000 square miles with five flood control reservoirs across Missouri and Illinois.  The District’s five locks and dams facilitate industrial and recreational traffic.  Our engineers must have the considerable and diverse experience necessary to manage the river in a locks and dam and an open river environment.

The St. Louis District maintains a colorful career field spectrum with approximately 850 engineers, biologists, geologists, archaeologists, anthropologists, realty specialists, natural resource management specialists, park rangers, cartographers, scientists, resource managers, logisticians, and administrative personnel.  Such diversity within the District allows for the innovation and creativity that has brought about recognition throughout the engineering world.  The District’s expertise is requested in areas such as Environmental Pool Management, aerospace technology, navigation, flood damage reduction, erosion control, Micro Modeling technology, Bendway Weirs, and fish habitat.

Students play into the Corps mission as project team members under journeyman professionals.  The work provides tremendous exposure, unique opportunities, and an exciting variety of experiences.  As a student employee, you may conduct fieldwork on the Might Mississippi, at one of our lake projects, or at a construction or hazardous waste clean-up site.  You will have the opportunity for independent responsibility as well as team contribution.   Salary for students typically begins at $8.28 per hour.

We invite you to become better acquainted with the St. Louis District Corps of Engineers by visiting our website at http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil. We accept electronic resumes at any time and encourage students to consider our developmental employment opportunities.