Traffic Engineering Intern

This Opportunity

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 Transportation and Infrastructure Traffic Team is seeking a Traffic Engineering Intern to work out of our Chicago 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.

Your Impact

• Support a variety of engineering tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills.
• Transportation engineering/planning/design and road safety with department of transportation agencies and other potential clients.
• Assisting traffic engineering and transportation planning projects: Traffic studies, multi-modal planning, Traffic impact studies, Transportation Modeling, Traffic management plans, Signal optimization plans
• Assisting road safety projects: Road Safety Audits (RSA), Crash analysis, Highway Safety Manual analysis, Transportation Safety Planning/Management
• Assisting transportation design projects: Traffic design (signals, pavement markings, signing, work zones).
• Research and review vendor product information and prepare compliance specifications 
• Ability to work effectively and competently with people at all levels in the organization; is a great team member
• Ability to work without supervision; effective time management and strong organizational skills
• Good computer skills with knowledge of relevant software tools, in particular Word, Excel and Synchro, and an ability to apply new tools
• Ability to work to deadlines and see tasks through to completion
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail
• Learn basic principles of Transportation Engineering.
• 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.