Urban Planner Intern - Transportation (Summer 2024) - ( 240001ND )

Description

Join Stantec’s growing Urban Places team to support planning and urban design efforts that aim to create livable, walkable places that mitigate climate change and promote diversity and inclusion.

Urban Places works with a range of communities to transform neighborhoods, corridors, districts, and downtowns. Driven by data, innovation, and grounded in real world applications, our projects and conceptual plans inspire people. The opportunities within a large company like Stantec are boundless, and we are excited to continue growing our team with the right candidate.

Stantec’s Urban Places practice is a national leader in Suburban Retrofit and Downtown Revitalization, and our growing National Capital Region planning and urban design team is strongly engaged in these practices at the metropolitan and national levels.

Your Opportunity

Stantec's planning and urban design studio in Arlington, Virginia is looking for a creative and motivated planning/urban design intern to be based in Arlington for the Summer of 2024. This is a paid internship position during the summer months. The preferred candidate will have a passion for urban design and planning and possess the skills necessary to communicate urban design concepts graphically.

Technical experience with at least one or more of these software programs is a requirement: ArcGIS, Adobe Creative Suite, and/or SketchUp.

Above all, the successful candidate will be organized, highly self-motivated, and curious, have a friendly, professional demeanor, and be able to multitask, ask questions, and learn from feedback.

Your Key Responsibilities May Include

• Map creation and data analysis with ArcGIS

• Graphic or rendering development

• Report editing in Adobe InDesign

• Assist in the development of community plans or corridor studies

• Assist with facilitation of public outreach events

• Assist with entry level planning &/or design duties

• Technical writing, and summary of project-record notes/files

• Tabular data analysis and summary reporting

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Comprehensive approach to challenges and problem-solving

• Adaptive to new software programs and web platforms

• Strong research skills and open to feedback

• Experience with ArcGIS Desktop

• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite software such as Photoshop, InDesign, &/or Illustrator

Education and Experience

College coursework in Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Design, Engineering program, or similar field working towards a bachelor’s or master’s degree.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice. Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : United States-Virginia-Arlington

Organization : BC-2026 Transpt-US Southeast Infrastructure

Employee Status : Temporary

Job Level : Entry Level

Travel : No

Schedule : Part-time

Job Posting : Apr 12, 2024, 8:19:40 AM

Req ID: 240001ND

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