DEA's Denver, CO office is looking to hire one or multiple Civil/Transportation Intern(s) for the summer of 2024 to support our transportation group working with our Roads and Highways, Bridge and Structures, and Smart Mobility (Traffic engineering, environmental, and planning) teams. Successful candidates will work on multidiscipline projects performing independent engineering calculations and design using specialized technical skills, experience, and engineering judgment to transform concept designs into construction drawings and technical specifications. Design work may include freeway, highway and roadway design, street improvements, utility plans, traffic control plans, storm water, technical writing, quantity calculations, and construction documents, and all supporting documentation. The candidates should also be eager to accept new challenges to diversify their skills by not only performing transportation engineering work, but also construction observation and general civil design. Finally, successful candidates will have good interpersonal and communication skills, a positive attitude, and a passion for work.

Other duties include:

• Coordinate projects with supervisor, project managers, and firm staff.
• Provide sketches and/or detailed layout information to design staff for incorporation into the construction drawings.
• Design, prepare and analyze preliminary and final plans in AutoCAD Civil 3D, Microstation/InRoads (Open Roads Designer) software packages.
• Prepare and design street improvement plans, public improvement plans, and rough and precise grading plans.
• Analyze maps, reports, drawings, as-builts and test results for design projects.
• Preparation and modification of reports, specifications, estimates, and designs for projects.
• Provide project specific technical information to the Project Manager for incorporation into the project plans and specifications.
  

Basic Qualifications:

• Applicants must be in the pursuit of an undergraduate degree in Engineering, with at least 1 year of completed course work.
• Applicants in pursuit of an undergraduate degree in a field other than civil engineering with a strong interest in public works and transportation are also encouraged to apply.
• Microsoft Office (Excel and Word), Microstation/Inroads (Open Roads Designer), and AutoCAD Civil 3D skills are a plus.
• Previous experience in construction or related fields a plus.
• Applicant must have a valid driver's license and clear motor vehicle report.
• Ability to communicate and work in a team-oriented environment.

Transportation Jobs with DEA

The increasing complexities of modern transportation include growing demands, aging infrastructure, rising costs, funding challenges, and environmental concerns. Agencies and communities faced with improving their transportation systems must do more with less. From initial investigations through planning, concept development, final design, and construction, DEA responds with solutions that serve today's transportation needs while accommodating tomorrow's growth. Our Transportation Business Unit focuses on five markets; Bridges and Structures, Roads and Highways, Transit and Rail, Smart Mobility (Traffic engineering, environmental, and planning), and Construction Engineering