Urban Planning Intern - Summer 2027

Location: New York, NY, United States Department: Planning

This Opportunity

WSP USA hosts hundreds of interns across the United States to gain hands-on, meaningful work experience to enhance their education and professional aptitude. Our interns gain exposure to real projects while working side by side with senior staff. Through our Developing Professionals Network, interns gain mentorship, networking opportunities and lifelong career connections.

Our New York Urban Planning Team is seeking a Full-Time Urban Planning Intern to work out of our One Penn Plaza, New York City office. The following locations will also be considered: Buffalo, NY. This temporary position is seeking individuals currently enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate degree program.

This internship will be part of the WSP Summer Internship Program. As a summer intern, you have the opportunity to participate in our 12-week program scheduled to start on May 17, 2027. The individual start date of the internship may be flexible.

Your Impact

Support a variety of planning and engineering tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills.

Learn basic principles of urban planning.

Assist with project research, field work, and preliminary design calculations and analysis.

Support preparation of analysis, studies, reports and presentations.

Assist in collecting and maintaining project documentation.

Complete training on assigned tasks.

Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Please note that there is no relocation or housing assistance associated with this internship.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

Actively enrolled in an accredited Urban Planning, or related, Undergraduate program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2027 or later.

Must be 18 or older.

Demonstrated interest in Urban Planning, or related field, and have a strong desire to advance skills related to WSP’s work and projects.

Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.

Capable of taking direction from leadership, mentors, and managers to executive projects.

Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools.

Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Authorization to work in the United States at the start of the internship

Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

Actively enrolled in an accredited Urban Planning, or related, Masters or PhD program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2027 or later.

Experience using mapping software, geospatial analytical programs, Microsoft office suite, or other applications relating to urban planning or urban design.

Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus

Compensation

Expected Pay: $21.74 - $30.53 per hour

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.