College Intern - Civil Engineering, CPA, (Multiple PN's)

Ohio Department of Transportation; Lima (OH); On-site; USD 28,000 - 33,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

PAID Internship

Flexible hours

Real world experience

Year-round internship

Job summary

The Ohio Department of Transportation is offering a paid ODOT College Internship in Civil Engineering at District 1 HQ in Lima, Ohio. This part-time internship provides real-world experience across construction, design, planning, and surveying, with flexible hours around your school schedule.

Interns will rotate through duties such as inspecting contractor work, using CADD (MicroStation), collecting field data, and supporting traffic engineering studies while enrolled in an accredited college

Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in a college or university and in good academic standing.
• Must show proof of valid driver's license to operate state vehicle.
• Technical and professional focus on transportation and civil engineering.

Responsibilities

• Inspect contractor work and observe highway projects during construction.
• Assist on small design tasks, use CADD (MicroStation), and update drawings.
• Support planning activities, traffic studies, and data collection.
• Perform surveying tasks and collect field measurements.
• Maintain records and help prepare project reports.

Skills

Transportation

Civil Engineering

Critical Thinking

Active Learning

Attention to Detail

Listening

Reasoning

Job description

Paid ODOT College Internship - Civil Engineering (Multiple PN's)

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation’s 5th largest interstate system and the 3rd largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and to the people traveling within our great state. And in order to achieve that, we do A LOT! From Planning, Engineering, Construction to Law, HR, Communications, IT and everything in between, ODOT has a career for just about everyone. ODOT employees are hardworking, passionate, and dedicated to public service. We strive to achieve our agency’s vision every day: To be a long term, reliable, professional, and highly productive organization.

ODOT's Mission Statement

To provide a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well maintained, and positioned for the future.

Benefits To You

• PAID Internship with the rate is based on your rank in school
• Flexible hours based around your school schedule
• Real world experience
• Our interns work year-round and are eligible to participate in the intern program long so long as they are enrolled in an accredited college or university and are in good academic standing
• The opportunity to work on an important mission

This is a temporary position involving various duties that will either supplement the student’s major field of study &/or provide experience that is a useful addition to the student’s education and meaningful preparation for future professional employment.

Construction

Student will receive training in proper procedures for inspection of work being done by contractors (e.g. widening & resurfacing projects, hazard elimination (safety upgrading), signing, guardrail, intersections, drainage facilities, forms & reinforcing steel; concrete placement on structures, flexible & rigid pavement; assist in bituminous plants, perform test on concrete & soil; assists in surveying, etc.)

Design

Student will serve as an understudy or assistant on small projects, receives training on procedures & performs specific technical tasks as assigned (e.g., operates a PC & CADD (Microstation) system & can perform duties on them independently as well as call up, work with & insert files; copy, update & revise existing drawings on the CADD database; create new drawings into the CADD database using sketches &/or ports of preexisting drawings, some of which may be on CADD already), performs calculations. Assists with engineering studies & preliminary engineering.

Use CADD applications within the District Office assisting in the development of highway reconstruction plans: a) plan & profile sheets of existing & proposed roadway improvements; b) highway & bridge related detail drawings; c) tables, summaries & general notes; d) mapping existing & proposed routes; e) finalization of plan sheets in reproducible form (plotting).

Planning

In Planning & Programs work unit under supervision & training, assists with a variety of planning activities involving traffic engineering studies ( e.g., prepares and reviews information on highway safety & speed zones; conducts traffic counts; collects & reviews field data; verifies sign locations & pavement marking locations; photographs site of proposed projects; researches & analyzes accidents & traffic signal warrants; participates in field reviews & project scoping). Assists in the scanning of plans and documents in the permits database. Assists in the processing of legislation issues and MPO matters. Assists in the Environmental area concerning the selection of potential noise walls for study, takes noise readings and updates the data base. Performs field work on selected safety locations including speed studies, pavement marking, sign and signal location. Enter and manipulate data base for environmental noise walls, safety and congestion locations and bridge conditions.

Becomes familiar with PC based & mainframe CADD systems, micro station, and various software packages used by the District, in collection of traffic engineering data & the preparation of highway plans.

Survey

Under supervision & training, operates survey measuring devices (i.e., rod, chain, tape, plumb bob) & instruments (e.g., transit, automatic level; electronic distance measurer, total station, data collector) in order to obtain survey data & calculate precise measurements (e.g., elevations, horizontal & vertical lines, cross sections, curves angles).

Becomes familiar with PC based & mainframe CADD systems, micro-station, and various software packages used by the District, in the collection of survey data & the preparation of highway plans.

Operates state vehicle to travel to & from survey sites; clears brush & foliage from line of survey; locates &/or sets monuments, pins or stones; marks survey points for identification; takes field notes on topographic sketches; sets up traffic control (e.g., signs, cones); flags traffic through survey area

Performs support functions in record keeping, maintains accurate data of work performed, organizes materials, and compiles information to assist in report preparation.

This Position is Unclassified per Section 124.11(A)(29)

Must currently be enrolled in a college or university and in good academic standing.

Must show proof of valid driver's license in order to operate state vehicle.

Job Skills

Technical Skills: Transportation, Civil Engineering

Professional Skills: Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Attention to Detail, Listening, Reasoning

Organization

Transportation - District 01

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Unposting Date Sep 27, 2026, 11:59:00 PM

Work Location District 1 HQ

Primary Location United States of America-OHIO-Allen County-Lima

Compensation $19.50 - $24.00

Schedule Part-time

Work Hours 7:00AM - 3:30PM; Hour May Vary

Union Exempt from Union

Professional Skills Active Learning, Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking, Listening, Reasoning