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About the Role
WSP USA hosts hundreds of internships 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 Power and Energy Team is seeking a Full-Time Civil Engineering (Transmission) Intern to work out of our Syracuse, NY 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 17th, 2027. The individual start date of the internship may be flexible.
Responsibilities
- Challenge current design practices to help enhance the quality of work within the department.
- Promote the department’s culture of teamwork, improvement and success through collaboration.
- Under general supervision, assist with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, survey, blueprints, GIS data, subsurface utility information, maps, geotechnical data, and other matrices for project development, design and construction.
- Assist with execution of professional overhead transmission line engineering work relating to conducting research and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, resources, building, infrastructure, and transportation channels to determine conformance with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating permits.
- Execute engineering calculations with concepts from structural analysis, concrete/ steel design, soil mechanics, foundation design, and surveying.
- Learn basic principles of Overhead Transmission Line Engineering.
- Perform routine engineering functions and provide entry-level technical assistance on various design requirements, to account for the safety and functionality of end-users, systems, and infrastructure.
- Assist with verifying the characteristics of a site and provided basic technical assistance on various engineering, design, and construction issues.
- Generate complete, accurate, and concise documentation using electronic systems, drawings, and field/ work site notebooks/ logs.
- Comply with safety guidelines and site-specific procedures which include but are not limited to, location data, statistical documentation, engineering studies and surveys, and construction.
- 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.
Requirements
- Actively enrolled in an accredited Engineering Undergraduate Program (including but not limited to Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, etc.) with an anticipated graduation date of August 2027 or later.
- Must be 18 or older.
- Express an interest in Overhead Transmission Line Engineering and have a strong desire to advance skills related to WSP’s work and projects.
- Demonstrate ability to investigate and diagnose issues to their true root cause and apply advanced problem-solving methods to develop effective solutions.
- Passion to work collaboratively with others to create unique solutions and understand the why behind transmission line design variables.
- 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 execute project work.
- 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.
Skills
- PLS-CADD Suite
- MicroStation
- AutoCAD
- Excel
Location
- Syracuse, NY
Work Type
- Full-Time
- Temporary
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Internship
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree program
- Graduate degree program
Salary/Compensations
- $23.03 - $29.96 per hour
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- disability
- life
- retirement savings
About the Company
- WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
- WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs.
Equal Opportunity
- WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.