Transport Planning Intern

Capabilities

Planning and Consulting

Office Setup

Hybrid

Job

#47387

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At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission‑critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting‑edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Are you ready to launch your career? Our Summer Internship Programme offers you the chance to gain real‑world experience in your chosen discipline.

For approximately eight weeks in the summer, you’ll work in one of our hub office locations across the UK or Ireland. Here, you’ll collaborate with world‑class professionals in a dynamic environment, applying the skills you’ve honed in the classroom to real business challenges.

In this fast‑paced, professional setting, you’ll gain invaluable experience that will set you apart in your future career. Throughout the programme, you’ll receive personalised guidance from mentors, people leaders and Programme Champions. They’re all here to help you make the most of your experience.

You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues and fellow interns from different disciplines, broadening your professional network and gaining insights from across the business.

Our goal is to ensure that your time with Jacobs leaves you with a positive, impactful learning experience.

About the opportunity

The Transport Planner Intern will join the Transport Planning and Mobility Solutions team which is part of our Cities & Places and Major Programmes business unit. We help create thriving places across different scales: from regions to cities, neighbourhoods to sites, by offering an integrated design approach. Our business unit brings together transport planners, engineers, architects, designers, surveyors, urban designers and project managers to provide collaborative and coordinated value design solutions for our clients both nationally and internationally.

Our team skillsets cover the full remit of transport planning across all modes; from high level policy and strategy advice through transport modelling/appraisal to active travel, streets design, traffic engineering and junction design. We are interested in hearing from candidates who are keen to develop a rounded set of skills, as well as those who have more specialised interests including but not limited to traffic engineering, active travel scheme design and transformational placemaking, transport decarbonisation, traffic management solutions or public transport schemes for example.

Here’s what you’ll need

• On track to complete a degree in Transport Planning, Economics, Mathematics/Statistics, Data/Computer Science, Geography, Physics, Natural Sciences, Urban Planning or Civil Engineering in 2028.
• 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 28 th June 2027 – 20 th August 2027.
• You must have the full right to work in the UK.
• You need to be a penultimate year student, finishing your degree in 2028.

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