Learning begins in the classroom but there’s no better place to gain real-world experience than with Stantec. Interns are an integral part of our teams, working to solve some of the world's most complex challenges.

As an intern, you’ll work alongside our experienced practitioners and with our clients and communities. This hands-on experience will equip you with practical skills, build your network, and provide opportunities that set you up for success.

Your Opportunity

Join Stantec’s growing Urban Places Mobility Group to help us create the safe, multimodal networks that serve the most livable, prosperous, sustainable, resilient, and equitable urban and urbanizing places in North America. We are an interdisciplinary, cross-continental team of leading transportation planners building a boutique practice with the full complement of the resources of a global consulting firm.

Housed within Stantec’s “Urban Places” initiative, we work closely with our architecture, planning, transit, engineering, environmental, landscape architecture, real estate development, smart city, transportation, and other colleagues across the firm. Our work helps a diverse range of public and private clients realize the full range of benefits that flow from dense, walkable downtowns, neighborhoods, and corridors. Driven by data, and innovation, and grounded in real-world applications, our plans inspire people.

Your Key Responsibilities

Support a project team in the development of maps, presentations, graphics, and reports, for relevant project elements

Perform transportation-related analyses within programs such as Microsoft Excel and ArcGIS

Research parking, transit, and multimodal issues and trends for project work

Assist team with administrative and organizational work, including researching new opportunities

Attend meetings by phone and in person and take notes, including translating those to client-ready products such as meeting minutes

Site visits and field work to collect relevant data

Tasks will require proficiency in some or all of the following: ArcGIS, the Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop), and the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Enthusiastic and motivated to learn and develop technical skills related to transportation planning

Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

Experience with the production of planning reports and documents

Additional experience with graphics (Adobe Illustrator, InDesign) and mapping/database analysis using ArcGIS programs

The ability to work in downtown Boston

Education and Experience

In progress toward earning a Bachelor's degree or in a Graduate program in Transportation Planning, Transportation Engineering, Urban Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Public Policy or a related field. 

Please include the following additional REQUIRED application materials:

Resume

A cover letter in PDF format indicating your background, interests, and goals in the field of Transportation Planning. Include any other relevant information you believe will help us make an informed decision regarding your selection to the internship program.

Typical office environment working with computers and working at a desk for long periods. Some travel may be required, such as delivering plans or documents to reviewing agencies or clients or attending meetings. May occasionally visit study areas, and construction sites and/or be exposed to outside elements and inclement weather conditions. 

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.

Transportation Planning Intern

Urban Places Mobility Group

Stantec