Planning Intern

ABOUT THE POSITION

VHB’s Charlotte, NC office is seeking a talented transportation planning, engineering, or geography intern to join us! This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic team across diverse disciplines, providing you with exposure to a wide variety of projects in terms of size and scope.

Responsibilities

• Perform field work, taking measurements and pictures, and visually confirming community resources and transportation facility operations.
• Review and summarize planning documents and studies
• Use and create geospatial transportation data.
• Create text and spreadsheet documents and manipulate data.
• Effectively interact with VHB staff to advance projects in a timely manner.

Skills and Attributes

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience using various ArcGIS platforms.
• Ability to independently perform multiple tasks and interact appropriately and positively with coworkers.
• Self-motivated with attention to detail.
• Familiarity with transportation planning and traffic engineering principles and resources.
• Team-oriented with strong capability to work independently.
• Adobe Creative Suite and SketchUp skills preferred (not required)

Qualifications

• Pursuing an undergraduate or master’s degree in civil engineering, planning, geography, or a related field.
• Work hours spanning at least two working days during a typical week are required, three days preferred.

VHB does not provide housing for internships.

We are VHB! We’re an inspired and innovative team of engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Our work helps improve mobility, enhance communities, and contribute to economic vitality. We do this while balancing development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of our environment. 

Our people make us great! VHB provides a differentiating employee experience, which includes: 

• Diverse and inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation
• Opportunity to work on complex, transformational projects
• Community and social responsibility as sustainable stewards
• Focus on learning, development, and career growth
• Best-in-class benefits, including flexible, hybrid workplace  

We are consistently rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30+ offices on the East Coast. We’re growing, and we hope you’ll join us! 

VHB is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of inclusion and belonging, supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

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