Planning Intern

PLANNING PRACTICE 

Michael Baker’s full-service Community & Transportation Planning Practice provides expertise, creativity, and dedication to a wide range of projects. Our community-driven planning process shapes innovative and sustainable outcomes, while our well-established project management process delivers projects on time and within budget. We leverage the latest technology involving geospatial planning tools, public involvement, visualization, and communication tools to truly engage the community and produce successful projects that have public support. Our plans integrate policy, funding, and follow-through actions to support ongoing achievement of our clients’ vision and goals.

DESCRIPTION

The Design Hub by Michael Baker International is currently seeking a Planning Intern for our Milwaukee, WI location. Alternatively, this position can also be housed in our Madison office.

The Planning Intern position will provide technical support for Michael Baker’s multimodal transportation planning, community planning, urban design, and economic development services. The duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide urban support for a variety of urban planning studies and projects including but not limited to comprehensive plans, master plans, long range plans, transit development plans, feasibility studies, etc.
• Provide multimodal transportation planning support in one or more of the following areas: surface transportation, public transportation, bicycle and pedestrian, Complete Streets, and Vision Zero.
• Conduct analytical research with supervision on urban and transportation planning policy and public transportation programs and issues.
• Develop and maintain project databases utilizing MS Excel, MS Access, and MS SQL server.
• Conduct field work as required.

REQUIREMENTS

• H.S. Diploma; Pursuing Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in related field; Minimum 2 years of completed coursework for those pursuing Bachelor’s degree; Minimum 3.0 GPA
• To perform job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Experience with GIS preferred

COMPENSATION 

The approximate compensation range for this position is $18.00 to $25.00. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.

Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management, has been solving some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 80 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.

Based in Pittsburgh and with nearly 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.

We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.

We Make a Difference.

Michael Baker International is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.

EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.

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