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 Advisory and Planning Team is seeking a Full-Time Urban Planning Intern to work out of our San Diego, CA office. 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 19th, 2025. The individual start date of the internship may be flexible.

Your Impact

• Support a variety of land use planning tasks with the goal of developing technical skills and knowledge.
• Research best practices in land use planning at the local and state level.
• Compile and analyze quantitative and qualitative data.
• Assist with developing long range plans including research, technical writing, and preparing graphics and maps.
• Assist with organizing and conducting effective and comprehensive stakeholder outreach activities.
• Learn basic principles of land use planning.
• Assist with project research, field work, and analysis.
• 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, Environmental Planning, City Planning, or related Undergraduate program with an anticipated graduation date of May 2026 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.
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in an accredited Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, City Planning, or related Masters or PhD program with an anticipated graduation date of May 2026 or later.
• Experience using ArcGIS, Adobe InDesign and Illustrator.
• Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus.

Compensation

Expected Salary: $19.13 - $30.00 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.