Description
WSP USA's Dallas Traffic Team is seeking a Full-Time Traffic Engineering Intern, P0 to work out of our Dallas 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 17th, 2027. The individual start date of the internship may be flexible.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Assisting with traffic engineering studies, including traffic counts, intersection analysis, and field observations.
- Supporting traffic signal design, signing, pavement marking, and traffic control plan development.
- Assisting with traffic operational and safety analyses using available traffic data.
- Preparing engineering calculations, exhibits, spreadsheets, technical memoranda, and reports.
- Reviewing roadway plans and assisting with identifying traffic engineering and operational considerations.
- Supporting field data collection and documenting existing roadway, signal, pedestrian, and bicycle conditions.
- Assisting project teams with CAD/GIS exhibits and other project deliverables.
- Performing quality checks of calculations, plans, and technical documentation under supervision.
- Coordinating with engineers and other disciplines to support project delivery.
To be considered, you must:
- Be actively enrolled in an accredited Civil and Traffic Engineering, or related, Undergraduate (preferably junior) or Graduate program with an anticipated graduation date of May 2028 or later.
- Be 18 or older.
- Have a demonstrated interest in Transportation, or related field, and have a strong desire to advance skills related to WSP's work and projects.
- Possess competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
- Be capable of taking direction from leadership, mentors, and managers to execute projects.
- Have basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools.
- Have a proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Have authorization to work in the United States at the start of the internship.
Preferred qualifications include:
- Experience using Openroads designer or Bentley related software's, traffic modeling software's such as Synchro and VISSIM.
- Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus.