2021 Paid Internships

Approximately a 15-week internship in summer 2021 in Ontario. The recipient must have a proven record of leadership at his/her university or community, and must be committed to the advancement of transportation in Canada

Words like – motivated, enthusiastic, collaborative, independent, willingness to learn and take initiative – describe our ideal student candidate. We have offices located across the GTA (Toronto, Etobicoke, Markham, Waterloo, and Hamilton). Our students work with and learn from motivated industry professionals and play an integral role in projects. We will treat you like any other member of the team and you will be given as much responsibility as you show us you can handle.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

WSP is currently seeking a Co-op Student / Intern with an interest in active transportation and sustainable planning with a focus on public consultation to join our Transportation Planning Team. The successful candidate will join a leading-edge practice, developing work in emerging fields such as complete streets, vision zero, autonomous vehicles and more. The successful candidate will work on numerous projects for respected municipal clients and development related work. Projects include: Transportation Master Plans, Secondary Plans, Area Studies, Environmental Assessments, Traffic Impact Studies, Parking Studies, Active Transportation, Transit Plans, Transportation Demand Management (TDM), and Multi-Modal Studies.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The Transportation Planning Department offers planning and engineering services for a full spectrum of transportation challenges. These include but are not limited to: Environmental Assessments (EA's), regional and area transportation studies, site specific transportation assessments for residential, commercial and institutional developments, bicycle and pedestrian planning, transit planning, parking studies, traffic signing, transportation demand management and noise and vibration assessment. We provide students in the engineering, planning and design fields with an excellent opportunity to work for one of the leaders in consulting services while gaining a wide range of experience in the transportation field. The successful candidate would:

• Participate in day-to-day project activities;
• Assist with the preparation of traffic engineering and planning studies;
• Assist in proposal preparation;
• Coordinate with project team members;
• Provide support to the department with developing project work programs/budgets and schedules in response to clients needs; and
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent academic record;
• Excellent technical, analytical writing and presentation skills;
• MS Office and computer skills (i.e. AutoCAD);
• Knowledge in specialty transportation software (Synchro, Vissim, Vistro) would be an asset;
• Great communication skills, both verbally and written;
• Have shown leadership skills by participating in extra-curricular events, and volunteer work; and
• Access to a vehicle would be an asset.