Traffic Engineering Intern - Summer 2024

This Opportunity

Nationally recognized as a Top 100 Internship Program, WSP USA hosts hundreds of interns across the United States to gain hands-on, meaningful work experience to enhance their education and professional aptitude. Our interns gain exposure to real projects while working side by side with senior staff. Through our Developing Professionals Network, interns gain mentorship, networking opportunities and lifelong career connections.

Our Pittsburgh Traffic Team is seeking a Traffic Engineering Intern - Summer 2024 to work out of our Pittsburgh, PA office. This position is seeking currently enrolled Undergraduate students.

Your Impact

• Support various engineering tasks, including but not limited to: quantity calculations, drafting signing and pavement marking plans, traffic signal plans, maintenance and protection of traffic plans.
• Collect field data and perform engineering calculations and analysis.
• Work closely with senior staff to gain practical experience and professional skills.
• Occasional site visits may be required.
• Support a variety of engineering tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills.
• Learn basic principles of Traffic Engineering.
• Assist with project research, field work, and preliminary design calculations and analysis.
• Support preparation of final design plans, special provisions, and cost estimates.
• Assist in collecting and maintaining project documentation.
• Complete training on assigned tasks.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
• Please note that there is no relocation or housing assistance associated with this internship.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in an accredited Civil Engineering, Traffic Engineering, or related Undergraduate program.
• Demonstrated interest in Transportation Engineering, or related field, and have a strong desire to advance skills related to WSP's work and projects.
• Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Capable of taking direction from leadership, mentors, and managers to executive projects.
• Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Authorization to work in the United States at the start of the internship

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Bentley MicroStation, OpenRoads Designer (ORD); has related skills or the ability to learn programs quickly.
• Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus.
• Please note that there is no relocation or housing assistance associated with this internship.

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