Summer Transportation Design Internship — Shape Safer Streets

DOWL; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

DOWL offers a Transportation Design Internship for Summer 2027 in Vancouver, WA, with onsite duties supporting planning and roadway design. You will work alongside engineers and planners on real projects while gaining practical field and drafting experience.

As a civil engineering student, you’ll contribute to roadway improvements, analyze existing conditions, and assist with project documentation, calculations, and specifications—developing essential skills for your future career.

Qualifications

• Establish and document existing conditions at project sites through research and site visits.
• Perform engineering calculations in support of civil engineering design projects.
• Perform manual and/or AutoCAD drafting.
• Coordinate with government agencies, client staff, and other professionals to obtain design information and approvals.
• Prepare and route project related correspondence and record keeping.
• Conduct periodic site visits to construction sites to monitor quality and progress of the work.
• Assist with writing and editing construction specifications.
• Tabulate bid items and calculate construction bid quantities from plans and specifications. Estimate construction costs.
• Perform construction inspection of roadway project.
• Perform materials testing in support of our lab technicians.
• Other engineering related duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Establish and document existing conditions at project sites through research and site visits.
• Perform engineering calculations in support of civil engineering design projects.
• Perform manual and/or AutoCAD drafting.
• Coordinate with government agencies, client staff, and other professionals to obtain design information and approvals.
• Prepare and route project related correspondence and record keeping.
• Conduct periodic site visits to construction sites to monitor quality and progress of the work.
• Assist with writing and editing construction specifications.
• Tabulate bid items and calculate construction bid quantities from plans and specifications. Estimate construction costs.
• Perform construction inspection of roadway project.
• Perform materials testing in support of our lab technicians.
• Other engineering related duties as assigned.

Skills

AutoCAD knowledge

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Project

Education

College coursework toward a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Word

Excel

Outlook

Project

Job description

DOWL offers a Transportation Design Internship for Summer 2027 in Vancouver, WA, with onsite duties supporting planning and roadway design. You will work alongside engineers and planners on real projects while gaining practical field and drafting experience.

As a civil engineering student, you’ll contribute to roadway improvements, analyze existing conditions, and assist with project documentation, calculations, and specifications—developing essential skills for your future career.