Entry-Level Transportation Planner and Interns

Firm: Fehr and Peers
Location:
All locations

Payment: Paid
Category: Community Development
Contact: Human Resources
resumes@fehrandpeers.com

Posted: Dec 4, 2013

Fehr & Peers is a leading transportation planning and engineering firm interested in motivated individuals who consider themselves “transportation enthusiasts.” We are considering engineer/planner candidates for full-time employment or internships at our offices in California (Roseville, Walnut Creek, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego), Colorado (Denver), Utah (Salt Lake City), and Washington (Seattle).

Entry-level Transportation Engineer/Planners are given the opportunity to work with Senior Transportation Engineer/Planners and Associates on projects such as: transportation impact studies, bicycle/pedestrian plans, parking studies, smart growth evaluations, transit forecasting and operations studies, streetscape evaluations and design, traffic safety studies, highway interchange/corridors studies, and more. We provide opportunities to learn cutting edge software including: VISSIM, VISUM, TransCAD, CUBE, and TP+.

Our interns take on similar tasks and responsibilities as a full-time entry-level staff. Internships are available for the semester, summer, or year.

Qualification
Entry-level Engineer/Planners must have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in transportation, civil, or electrical engineering, urban and regional planning, or a related major. Desirable work experience including exposure to fieldwork, traffic operations (e.g., HCS, Synchro, VISSIM), signal design, transportation planning (e.g., bicycle or transit plans, land use), and travel demand modeling (e.g. Cube/Voyager, TransCAD, EMME/2). GIS experience is also desirable. Technical writing and public speaking skills should be above average and an EIT for engineering candidates is highly desirable.

Interns must be at a junior or senior-level pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in transportation, civil or electrical engineering; urban and regional planning; or related major. Coursework and/or extracurricular activities in transportation are highly desirable.