Intern, Planning

Halff; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

Halff is seeking an Intern for our Planning and Landscape Architecture team in our Austin, TX office starting in January 2027.

The Intern will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team of planners, engineers, landscape architects, and other support experts on a wide variety of planning efforts with public and private entities ranging from comprehensive plan preparation; mobility, park, recreation, and trails planning; active transportation planning.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in community/urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, or a closely related field.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with interdisciplinary teams.
• Strong relationship-building and teamwork abilities.
• Self-motivated with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to learn and use computer programs (ArcGIS, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, MS Office) to create maps and documents.

Responsibilities

• Support senior staff on projects, public engagement, plan development, and report writing.
• Assist with computer-generated maps, infographics and document production for planning efforts.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Self-motivation

Maps/Graphics production

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in planning/landscape/architecture

Tools

ArcGIS

Adobe Creative Suite

SketchUp

Microsoft Office

Job description

Halff is seeking an Intern for our Planning and Landscape Architecture team in our Austin, TX office starting in January 2027. The Intern will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team of planners, engineers, landscape architects, and other support experts on a wide variety of planning efforts with public and private entities ranging from comprehensive plan preparation; mobility, park, recreation, and trails planning; active transportation planning.

Interns are paid hourly and work full-time (40 hours/week), typically 8a-5p Monday through Friday.

What You Will Do

• Support of senior staff projects, public engagement, plan development, report writing and document production, and assisting with the preparation of computer-generated maps and graphic elements needed to convey the ideas generated in each planning effort.
• This is an exciting opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary environment to help client communities proactively plan and design for their future.

What You Need

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in community/urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, or a closely related field
• Great communication skills
• Solid relationship and team building skills
• Self-motivated and strong organization skills
• Previous knowledge or interest in learning of computer programs (ArcGIS, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketchup, and Microsoft Office programs) and the ability to produce attractive maps, infographics, and documents

Learn more about Planning services, check out some of our projects, and meet our team.

Planning Services

• Active transportation planning
• Capital improvement programming
• Comprehensive planning
• Corridor and streetscape planning
• Development codes and ordinances
• Downtown planning
• Neighborhood and special area planning
• On-call planning services
• Parks, recreation and open space planning
• Planned unit developments and master planned communities
• Urban design and placemaking

Company Overview

Halff is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.

Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It’s no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.

Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways. You can view Halff's full complement of services here

Halff has over 30 offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Georgia and Arizona. For a full list of our locations, click here

Benefits

• Medical, dental, prescription and life insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Paid time off (PTO) and 8 company paid holidays (and Veteran's Day for our veterans)
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 529 College Savings Plan
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Click here for a more comprehensive list of Halff's benefits

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.