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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description

Arcadis is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Transportation Planning Intern to join our innovative and collaborative team in Chicago, IL. As part of our interdisciplinary Mobility Advisory Team-including planners, engineers, data analysts, and modelers, you will gain practical experience while supporting transportation projects at local, regional, national, and international levels.

This internship is an excellent opportunity to learn about developing sustainable transportation solutions that enhance mobility and improve quality of life in communities. You'll work alongside experienced professionals on projects involving transportation planning, public transit, active transportation, and multimodal integration.

Role Accountabilities

As a Transportation Planning Intern, you will:

• Support data collection and analysis tasks under the guidance of experienced planners and engineers.
• Assist in preparing planning reports, deliverables, and project documentation to meet Arcadis and client standards.
• Collaborate with team members and project managers to organize documents and deliver projects.
• Participate in client, stakeholder, and public engagement meetings to observe and contribute to discussions as appropriate.
• Contribute to research on best practices, new technologies, and innovative approaches in transportation planning.

Qualifications & Experience

Required:

• Enrolled in or recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree program in civil or transportation engineering, urban planning, or a related field.
• Demonstrated interest in transportation and/or urban planning.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Preferred:

• Familiarity with ESRI ArcGIS Pro, or databases is a plus.
• Exposure to transportation modeling or analysis software (e.g., Synchro, Vissim, Visum, Cube, Sidra) is an advantage but not required.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP,  401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.  We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $xxx,xxx - $xxx,xxx. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.