Spring 2023 Water Resources Engineering Sr. Intern

This Opportunity

Nationally recognized as a Top 100 Internship Program, 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 Water Resources Team is seeking a Senior Spring 2023 Water Resources Engineering Intern to work out of our Morristown, NJ or Lawrenceville, NJ office. 

Your Impact

• Respond to complex issues for urban and rural environments in a context of climate change by combining design and engineering knowledge to produce the best projects for our clients.
• Collect data and gather information and documents.
• Assist with watershed and riverine modeling, perform stream/wetland restoration and water quality studies, assist with the design of ecosystem restoration projects, perform seepage and scour analyses, and develop flood inundation maps.
• Perform basic design tasks and drawings using computer-aided design (CADD) related to the development of conceptual water and environmental projects.
• Organize and modify geospatial data and create maps using ArcGIS.
• Provide support for project plan development, research, technical calculations, cost estimating, permit applications, and technical report writing.
• Perform field visits and site reconnaissance as dictated by project requirements.
• Assist with drainage and runoff calculations, design of stormwater management and green infrastructure, storm sewer piping system design.
• Support a variety of engineering tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills.
• Learn basic principles of Civil and Water Resources Engineering.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
• 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 Civil Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or related Masters or PhD program.
• Demonstrated interest in Water Resources and Stormwater Management, 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

• Experience using, or willingness to learn, MS Suite of Applications; CADD/Civil 3D; HEC-RAS or similar riverine modeling softwater; HydroCAD or similar hydrologic / hydraulic software; Revu Bluebeam.
• Please note that there is no relocation or housing assistance associated with this internship.
• Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus.

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