Internship

Entry-level Transportation Engineer/Planner Intern

Fehr & Peers

Fehr & Peers

201-500 employees

Develops tailored transportation solutions

Compensation Overview

$43.99 - $45.43/hr

Walnut Creek, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Architecture & Civil Engineering (2)
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Required Skills
Python
R
AutoCAD
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
  • Completed bachelor’s degree in transportation, civil or electrical engineering, urban and regional planning, or a related major (e.g., geography, math, statistics, economics) or in-progress master’s degree
  • An entrepreneurial spirit and proactive approach to communication and getting work done
  • Genuine curiosity for the work and familiarity with the challenges of day-to-day travel within your community
  • Coursework in transportation, engineering, urban and regional planning, geography, math, statistics, economics, or other related courses
  • An engineer in training (EIT) for engineering candidates is preferred
  • Experience or exposure related to field work, traffic operations analysis, signal design, transportation planning (e.g., bicycle or transit plans, infrastructure finance, transportation and land use policy, and/or travel demand modeling)
  • Experience or exposure to relevant software (General–Microsoft Excel, GIS ArcGIS, QGIS, and/or CAD AutoCAD, Microstation; Traffic Operations Analysis–HCS, Synchro/SimTraffic, Vistro, VISSIM, and/or Sidra; Travel Demand Modeling–Cube/Voyager, TransCAD, VISUM, and/or Emme; Programming Python and/or R)
  • Previous work experience in an office setting related to a topic area listed above
  • Experience with technical writing and public speaking through school and/or work experience
  • Interpersonal skills, a desire to collaborate, and a creative approach to problem-solving
  • Organizational skills and the ability to balance priorities between multiple tasks within a defined timeline
Responsibilities
  • Conduct transportation analysis and write reports
  • Participate in meetings, including preparing presentations and public outreach materials
  • Handle project management responsibilities
  • Participate in professional organizations
  • Conduct site visits and collect field data
  • Explore the Fehr & Peers internal Research and Development program
  • Participate in on-the-job training and mentoring
  • Work on a few different projects
  • Seek additional work from project managers
  • Work on a variety of projects with most staff in the office
  • Use several technical software programs
  • Prepare deliverables, including memos, reports, and presentations
  • Attend multiple client meetings
  • Increase responsibility for managing small projects
Desired Qualifications
  • None listed

Fehr & Peers specializes in developing innovative transportation solutions tailored to diverse community needs, leveraging self-funded research and development investments to provide well-informed, data-driven answers and potential solutions. They actively listen to client and community needs, handling every project with diligence and focus, and have been trusted as objective partners in transportation since 1985.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$5M

Headquarters

Walnut Creek, California

Founded

1985

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