DescriptionThis Opportunity
WSP USA hosts hundreds of interns across the United States to gain hands-on, meaningful work experience to enhance their education and professional aptitude. Our interns gain exposure to real projects while working side by side with senior staff. Through our Developing Professionals Network, interns gain mentorship, networking opportunities and lifelong career connections.
Our Advisory Team is seeking a Full-Time Environmental Planning Intern to work out of our Vancouver, WA office. This temporary position is seeking individuals currently enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate degree program.
This internship will be part of the WSP Summer Internship Program. As a summer intern, you have the opportunity to participate in our 12-week program scheduled to start on May 19th, 2025. The individual start date of the internship may be flexible.
Your Impact
- Support a variety of environmental planning and permitting tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills.
- Learn basic principles of Environmental Planning and natural resource permitting in the Pacific Northwest.
- Assist with project research, field work, and preliminary design calculations and analysis.
- Support preparation of final design plans, special provisions, and cost estimates.
- Assist in collecting and maintaining project documentation.
- Complete training on assigned tasks.
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
- Please note that there is no relocation or housing assistance associated with this internship.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Actively enrolled in an accredited Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Biology, or related Undergraduate program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2025 or later.
- Must be 18 or older.
- Demonstrated interest in Environmental Planning and permitting or related field and have a strong desire to advance skills related to WSP’s work and projects.
- Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
- Capable of taking direction from leadership, mentors, and managers to executive projects.
- Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Authorization to work in the United States at the start of the internship
Preferred Qualifications
- Actively enrolled in an accredited Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Biology, Urban Planning, or related Masters or PhD program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2025 or later.
- Familiarity with relevant federal, state, and local environmental regulations including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, Endangered Species Act (ESA), Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), Hydraulic Project Approval (HPA), Shoreline Management Act, Critical Areas Ordinances, and Removal-Fill Permitting.
- Familiarity with native plants and animals of the Pacific Northwest.
- Familiarity with the principles of scientific data collection.
- Experience using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) programs such as ArcGIS, ArcPro, or similar.
- Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus
