Planning Intern - Summer 2027

WSP USA's National Planning Team is seeking a Full-Time Planning Intern to work out of our Philadelphia, PA office. This temporary position is seeking individuals currently enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate degree program.

As a summer intern, you have the opportunity to participate in our 12-week program scheduled to start on May 17, 2027. The individual start date of the internship may be flexible.

Your Impact:

• Support a variety of planning tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills.
• Assist with project research, field work, and preliminary design calculations and analysis.
• Support preparation of final planning reports.
• Assist in collecting and maintaining project documentation.
• Support the business functions of the national planning team.
• Assist with developing thought pieces.
• Assist with the development of business processes and procedures
• Assist with the development of business planning and strategy
• Coordinate with other planning teams throughout the US
• Coordinate outreach to clients
• Develop marketing materials
• 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.

Who You Are: Required Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in an accredited undergraduate Planning program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2027 or later.
• Must be 18 or older.
• Demonstrated interest in transportation, transit or environmental planning, 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

• Actively enrolled in an accredited Masters or PhD Planning program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2027 or later.
• Experience using:
• Microsoft Suite including Excel, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint
• Adobe Suite: InDesign and Illustrator, Photoshop
• Esri ArcGIS
• Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus