Requisition/Vacancy No\. 116748BR
**Position Title** Planning Intern
**Job Category** Planning
**Business Line** Transportation
**Office Region** USA \- Central
**Office Location** US \- Milwaukee, WI \- 342 North Water Street
**Why Choose AECOM?** AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and technical services firm positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets around the world for public\- and private\-sector clients\. With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in over 150 countries around the world, AECOM is ranked as the \#1 engineering design firm by revenue in _Engineering News\-Record_ magazine’s annual industry rankings, and has been recognized by _Fortune_ magazine as a World’s Most Admired Company\. The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high\-rise buildings and government\. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the needs of clients’ projects\. A _Fortune 500_ firm, AECOM companies, including URS Corporation and Hunt Construction Group, have annual revenue of approximately $19 billion\. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www\.aecom\.com\.
**About the Business Line** **Transportation**
We provide professional services in areas such as aviation, transit, freight rail, highways and bridges, planning, and ports and marine\. Our global network of top\-tier specialists delivers comprehensive services over the full life cycle of a project to benefit clients in government and private industries\.
**Job Summary** The AECOM Milwaukee Planning Services group is seeking a talented and engaged individual to assist us in providing a full range of services for planning projects, including all planning aspects for transportation, water resources, economic analysis for redevelopment, recreational planning, policy, environmental restoration and other projects\. This position is designed to introduce a planning graduate student to opportunities in consulting while gaining valuable hands\-on experience with real world projects\. The planning intern will assist our planning group with general planning tasks on a variety of projects, focusing on stakeholder and public involvement, project organization, public communications, project documentation, National Environmental Policy Act analysis and documentation among other tasks\. AECOM is a leading international consulting firm\. This position will give the successful candidate experience in many facets of planning and an opportunity to work on a variety of interesting projects in Milwaukee and throughout the region\.
Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:
+ Work with a team from to organize, implement and document a series of outreach activities promoting the installation of Green Infrastructure on residential property\. This will include event organization, meeting facilitation and reporting\. It will also include helping to dig and plant rain gardens
+ Work to implement a series of targeted outreach efforts to support environmental justice analysis for roadway planning\. This will include data analysis, establishing contacts with community organizations, and meeting organization
+ Help to analyze and document policy analysis to improve the inclusion of small businesses in contracting with a municipality\. This will include data analysis and document editing
+ Support an environmental assessment for the design of a new movable bridge in a downtown setting\. This will include data analysis and documentation
+ Other exciting projects pending
**Minimum Requirements**
+ Currently enrolled in a graduate level urban or regional planning program
+ Knowledge of planning concepts
+ Capable of managing multiple projects and tasks meeting deadlines simultaneously
+ Ability to communicate and interact effectively and successfully with project managers, team planners and engineers, other staff, and the public
+ Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
+ Excellent writing skills
+ Willingness to engage with the general public
**Preferred Qualifications** We are seeking a planning graduate student to round out our team of urban, transportation and environmental planners\. The ideal candidate would bring an interest in working on a range of planning projects in a variety of roles\.
+ Strong writing and communications skills – all our work centers on effective public involvement
+ An interest in analytical and organizational tasks, and learning how to make technical information comprehensible for general audiences
+ Willingness to work with the public, sometimes outdoors during the evening and on weekends
+ Previous consulting experience not necessary
+ Introductory knowledge of GIS a plus, but not required
**What We Offer** AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people\. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects worldwide\. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people\. It's what makes AECOM a great place to work and grow\.
AECOM is an equal opportunity employer and Minorities, Females, Veterans, and Disabled persons are encouraged to apply\. For further information, please click here to view the EEO Is The Law poster\.
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