Engineering Intern - AECOM

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AECOM is seeking a Civil Engineering Intern to be based in Columbia, SC. Additional locations are Greenville, SC, Charlotte, NC, or Charleston, SC.

This position is expected to begin in May 2025.

As a Civil Engineering Intern with growing technical expertise and experience in demanding design driven projects, you will work with interdisciplinary teams on High Tech and Logistics Projects in a Programmatic approach.  We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.  Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of Opportunity.

We take on the most complex challenges and pioneer innovative, iconic solutions that push the limits of what’s possible – the world’s longest cable-stayed bridge, record-breaking sports events, the largest greenfield port development mega project, life-sustaining and disaster recovery programs, and the tallest tower in the Western Hemisphere.

On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, governments, energy and the environment, we deliver professional services throughout the project lifecycle.

We are proud to be recognized for excellence:
•    Named Fortune’s World’s magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies" for the sixth consecutive year
•    #1 in Transportation and General Building in Engineering-News Record's 2020 “Top 500 Design Firms” 
•    VIQTORY 2020 Military Friendly® Gold Employer 
•    Perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index for 2017-2019

About Buildings + Places
AECOM’s Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building engineering, workplace strategy, business transformation, asset advisory, economics and development planning, master planning, urban planning, and landscape architecture. 

With a range of expertise from strategy and design through project realization, we create better outcomes to grow economies, protect natural systems, conserve natural resources, make societies more equitable and connect and engage people through innovative, sustainable design solutions. 

Our South Carolina teams focus on providing design services in the Industrial and High Tech and Logistics market for projects such as data centers, logistics centers, and industrial facilities.

Job Summary/Responsibilities:
The Engineering Intern will work on High Tech and Logistics Industrial facility type projects that are designed in the South Carolina Regional B+P group with a focus on the civil aspects of the design including grading, drainage, and utilities. 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Performs some or part of Drainage system design
• Preparation of some or part of permits such as NPDES, SWPPP etc.
• Preparation of some or part of Civil Engineering Construction Documents in AutoCad Civil 3D
• Be familiar with Office products including Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint
• Preparation of some or part of design specifications
• Prepares some or part of detailed or routine engineering assignments involving calculations
• Works with other professional staff members to prepare on reports, studies, drawings, and design narratives 
• Working in an office setting with potential meetings outside of the office or visits to sites where a project may be located
• Performs all aforementioned responsibilities with guidance from more senior

Minimum Requirements:

• Candidate must be currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
• Must have completed at least one year of study in the applicable program.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent Communication skills.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Prior internship experience.

• Sponsorship is not available for this position
• Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.
• This position requires a hybrid work schedule which includes in office work in Columbia, SC or Charlotte, NC.  The selected candidate must be available to work in Columbia, SC or Charlotte, NC on a scheduled basis.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.