Transport Planning Summer Internship Leeds 2024

Kick-start your career with an 8-week Summer Internship from July 2024!

At Jacobs we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow. We turn great ideas into reality, and we’re looking for the most curious minds and passionate individuals to join us on this adventure!

The biggest questions spark our curious minds. At Jacobs, we solve the most important problems, the ones for the real world. Whether it’s projects focused on addressing the climate emergency, improving our security, or benefiting our communities by improving transportation links and infrastructure, these are just some of the ways we are working to build a better future for all.

Apply today to come and join us!

About the internship opportunity

We’re excited to be offering a Transport Planning Summer Internship in our Leeds Office.

Our Transport Planning and Mobility Solutions team is part of our Cities & Places business unit. As Cities and Places, we can create thriving places across different scales: from regions to cities, neighbourhoods to individual buildings, by offering an integrated design approach.

Our business unit brings together engineers, architects, designers, MEP & BIM specialists, surveyors, urban designers, project managers and transport planners to provide collaborative and coordinated value design solutions for our clients both nationally and internationally.

Our Transport Planning and Mobility Solutions team skillsets cover the full remit of multi-modal transport planning from high level policy and strategy advice through transport modelling/appraisal to active travel, streets design, traffic engineering and junction design.

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

• 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.
• Considering walking and cycling improvements aligning with local and national sustainability goals.
• Transformational placemaking to reduce the impact of transport on the built and natural environment.
• Designing and engineering traffic management solutions to enhance transport networks for all users.
• 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).

We are interested in hearing from students who are keen to develop a rounded set of Transport Planning skills as well as those who have more specialised interests including but not limited to transformational placemaking, transport decarbonisation, traffic management solutions or mass transit schemes for example.

What will you get?

As a member of the Jacobs intern community, weekly presentations on key learning topics will be on offer and you’ll be invited to attend regular office events and competitions! A mentor will support your learning and facilitate opportunities to network across Jacobs, allowing you to gain as much out of the experience as possible.

We are proud of our inclusive and diverse culture and work environment, embracing the variety of disciplines, cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles of our employees through our Jacobs Employee Networks

At Jacobs, your safety, health, and wellbeing are our top priorities, emphasised through our culture of caring and positive mental health champion network. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

Here’s what you'll need

• On track to complete a degree in Geography, Economics, Maths, Civil Engineering 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 1st July 2024 – 22nd August 2024.
• You must have the permanent right to work in the UK.

Apply before 29th February 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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