We’re excited to be offering a
Transport Planning Summer Internshipin our Manchester office.
Join us and you’ll have the chance to work on projects for a range of local, national and international clients. You will be assigned to projects that align with your interests, career aspirations and academic background. Day to day tasks could include:
- Designing and engineering traffic management solutions to enhance transport networks for all users.
- Considering walking and cycling improvements aligning with local and national sustainability goals.
- Helping to develop and appraise various transport schemes and initiatives.
- Assessing travel needs and opportunities to improve the way people travel to undertake their daily activities.
- Undertaking feasibility studies.
- Transformational placemaking to reduce the impact of transport on the built and natural environment.
- Using spatial and economic analysis to understand benefits for communities.
- Building and using transport models to appraise schemes.
- Developing plans and strategies.
- Delivering transport schemes aligning to current policy context (e.g. decarbonisation, sustainability and economic recovery).
- On track to complete a Degree or Master’s level qualification such as Transport Planning, Urban Design, Civil or other Engineering, Geography, Economics, Mathematics/Statistics, Natural Sciences, Operational Research, Data/Computer Science, or Planning.
- A flexible and innovative self-starter who’s passionate about developing new skills
- Enthusiasm and curiosity to apply your skills to solve real-world problems
- Empathy and listening skills to help you truly understand our clients’ requirements
- A well-rounded individual – have you worked in a bar? Been captain of a sports team or volunteered for a charity? Tell us - we’re looking for people with interesting stories and experiences!
- You must be available to join the 8 week programme starting 30th June 2025 – 22nd August 2025.
- You must have the right to work in the UK.
- You need to be a penultimate year student, finishing your degree in 2026.
Apply before 21st November 2024 for your application to be considered in the first assessment window. You can still apply after this date if the role remains open to applications. However, you do so with the knowledge that we may not proceed with your application if the role is filled in the first assessment window.
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