Multimodal Transportation Engineering Intern

3 weeks ago

Durham, United States Alta Planning + Design Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescriptionAlta Planning + Design is seeking an Engineering Intern to join our team for 90 days between May-August 2024 in Durham, NC. This is a unique opportunity for anyone who wants to start their career in active transportation.  If you are looking for an innovative organization that is an industry leader in active transportation, want to work with talented and passionate professionals, apply with us today

About Alta
Alta Planning + Design is a sustainable transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs. Alta was founded in 1996 when communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States. We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and gets them to where they need to go.  

Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life. As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 26 years, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.
Summary + OverviewThis is a temporary, full-time (30+ hours a week), entry-level, opportunity to jumpstart your career and gain hands-on experience in the Active Transportation world.  With a co-op at Alta, you’ll be exposed to a variety of projects, learn about consulting, and collaborate across disciplines and geographies with passionate engineers, landscape architects, urban planners, graphic designers, and civic data analysts.  You’ll be able to have an impact on communities and how people get around.  
 The internship program is more than just a job - we want you to focus on learning about our world, everything from proposals to project retrospectives.  We aim to prepare you for your career in active transportation, even if it’s not at Alta; the world needs more passionate people making real-world changes, and we’re here to help you take that next step.

When you join our program, you’ll: 
  • Be paired with a supervisor who will provide mentorship and hands-on training in your area of study.
  • Attend Alta University sessions (in-house training sessions on service areas, project management, DE&I training, and business fundamentals)
Help produce deliverables on some of Alta’s ongoing and most exciting projects.

Position Priorities

A general understanding of the field of urban planning, landscape architecture, or transportation engineering, a passion for active transportation, and the ability to collaborate across discipline boundaries are required in order to successfully meet the requirements of this position.

Responsibilities:
  • Participate in small or large projects across all disciplines to producing project deliverables. 
  • Assist design team with a variety of tasks that will enhance your knowledge in active transportation.
  • Field investigations to confirm existing site conditions.
  • Work in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Excel, Word, and/ or Synchro, to support designers. 
  • Data research, preparing and distributing reports
The essential priorities of this position are to:
  • Gain functional knowledge and civil engineering design that pertains to active transportation.
  • Learn to develop construction plans.
  • Learn entire development process from conceptual to final design.
  • Perform design tasks.
  • Participate in team meetings and trainings.

Requirements
  • Students currently enrolled in a bachelor’s (junior year or above) or master’s program in the field of study related to Alta’s practices, OR recent graduates who have no career experience in the field.
  • Strong initiative, attention to detail, and a can-do mindset
  • Ability to work in an environment of competing priorities and multiple simultaneous projects.
  • Good interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
  • Exhibits accuracy, attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
  • Ability to learn new technical skills and problem solve.
  • General understanding of MS Excel, Word, Adobe Creative Suite, G-Suite

What We OfferCompensation
  • The pay for this internship is $24/hour for those in bachelor's programs, $26/hour for those in master's programs.
Benefits
  • Out of area candidates will be eligible for $1000 to put toward relocation costs.
  • Temporary employees are not eligible for other benefits unless mandated by state or local law.

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